The Shemwell Family

Lee Roy Allen SrAge: 74 years19011976

Name
Lee Roy Allen Sr
Given names
Lee Roy
Surname
Allen
Name suffix
Sr
Birth April 6, 1901 39 42
Birth of a sisterCatherine Allen
April 25, 1904 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterZella Oniece Allen
September 6, 1907 (Age 6 years)
Death of a sisterCatherine Allen
before 1910 (Age 8 years)
Note: Was not listed in the 1910 Census with her parents and siblings
Census May 19, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 15 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 16 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Census January 9, 1920 (Age 18 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherCaroline Sarah Coleman
February 1928 (Age 26 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Ellen Butler
October 24, 1929 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a fatherWilliam Henry Allen
December 13, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a sisterClemmie Neta Allen
March 1, 1964 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death February 6, 1976 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Restland Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: July 8, 1888Young, Texas, United States
10 months
elder sister
Clemmie Neta Allen
Birth: May 2, 1889 27 30Texas, United States
Death: March 1, 1964Parker, Texas, United States
21 months
elder brother
Lando Franklin Allen
Birth: February 9, 1891 29 32Texas, United States
Death: January 27, 1979Bowie, Montague, Texas, United States
20 months
elder brother
Pasco Henry Allen
Birth: September 27, 1892 31 34Clay, Texas, United States
Death: September 4, 1980Clay, Texas, United States
23 months
elder brother
Raymond A Allen
Birth: September 9, 1894 33 35Texas, United States
Death: January 24, 1979Oklahoma, United States
2 years
elder sister
Clara Elizabeth Allen
Birth: September 17, 1896 35 38Bellevue, Clay, Texas, United States
Death: September 26, 1983Henrietta, Clay, Texas, United States
2 years
elder brother
John Alemer Allen
Birth: February 4, 1899 37 40Friendship, Clay, Texas, United States
Death: February 23, 1982Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States
2 years
himself
Lee Roy Allen Sr
Birth: April 6, 1901 39 42Clay, Texas, United States
Death: February 6, 1976Olney, Young, Texas, United States
3 years
younger sister
Catherine Allen
Birth: April 25, 1904 42 45Buffalo Springs, Clay, Texas, United States
Death: before 1910Texas, United States
3 years
younger sister
Zella Oniece Allen
Birth: September 6, 1907 46 48Texas, United States
Death: June 7, 1988Gregg, Texas, United States

Lee Roy Allen Sr has 26 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Henry Allen - Household

ED 35 Clay, Texas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Allen, William HheadMW48M21TXMOOHEnglishFarmerGenral FarmOAYesYesOFF
Allen, Eliza EwifeFW51M211111LAGAGAEnglishNoneYesYes
Allen, Clemmie NdaughterFW21STXTXLAEnglishNoneYesYesNo
Allen, Lando FsonMW19STXTXLAEnglishLaborerHome FarmWNo0YesYesYes
Allen, Pasco HsonMW17STXTXLAEnglishLaborerHome FarmWNo0YesYesYes
Allen, Raymon AsonMW15STXTXLAEnglishLaborerHome FarmWNo0YesYesv
Allen, Clara EdaughterFW13STXTXLAEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Allen, John AsonMW11STXTXLAEnglishLaborerHome FarmWNo0YesYesYes
Allen, Lee RsonMW9STXTXLALaborerHome FarmWNo0YesYesYes
Allen, Zella MdaughterFW6STXTXLANone
Dishman, LulustepdaughterFW30STXTXLAEnglishNoneYesYes

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Henry Allen - Household

ED 22 Bellevue, Clay, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Allen, W HheadOFMW58MYesYesTXMOOHYesFarmerOA
Allen, Eliza EwifeFW61MYesYesLAGAGAYesNone
Allen, LeesonMW19SYesYesTXARLAYesFarmer
Allen, ZelladaughterFW15SYesYesYesTXARLAYesNone