The Shemwell Family

Loomis Clay AllenAge: 85 years18941979

Name
Loomis Clay Allen
Given names
Loomis Clay
Surname
Allen
Birth January 9, 1894 27 22
Birth of a sisterMyrtle Georgie Allen
July 30, 1898 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Census June 16, 1900 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterLillie Mae Allen
September 8, 1901 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Franklin Allen
August 22, 1903 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherRyan Wilton Allen
September 23, 1906 (Age 12 years)
Death of a brotherRyan Wilton Allen
August 21, 1907 (Age 13 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 16 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Franklin Allen
August 8, 1913 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a fatherJohn Lewis Allen
October 22, 1918 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 22 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 23 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 26, 1920 (Age 26 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherCaroline Sarah Coleman
February 1928 (Age 34 years)
Death of a motherLucy Georgia Gill
April 10, 1929 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 35 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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 55 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 sisterMyrtle Georgie Allen
July 30, 1965 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 51 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 November 12, 1979 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Waurika Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 26, 1890Clay, Texas, United States
3 years
himself
Loomis Clay Allen
Birth: January 9, 1894 27 22Bellevue, Clay, Texas, United States
Death: November 12, 1979Waurika, Jefferson, Oklahoma, United States
5 years
younger sister
Myrtle Georgie Allen
Birth: July 30, 1898 31 27Clay, Texas, United States
Death: July 30, 1965Oklahoma, United States
3 years
younger sister
Lillie Mae Allen
Birth: September 8, 1901 34 30Clay, Texas, United States
Death: April 20, 1997Duncan, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States
23 months
younger brother
John Franklin Allen
Birth: August 22, 1903 36 32Oklahoma, United States
Death: August 8, 1913Oklahoma, United States
3 years
younger brother
Ryan Wilton Allen
Birth: September 23, 1906 39 35Clay, Texas, United States
Death: August 21, 1907Clay, Texas, United States

Loomis Clay Allen has 30 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - John Lewis Allen - Household

ED 16 Clay, Texas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Allen, John LheadWMNov186634M9ARMOOHFarmerYesYesYesOF
Allen, Lucy GwifeWFMar187129M922MOKYKYYesYesYes
Allen, Loomis CsonWMJan18946STXARMO
Allen, Myrtle GdaughterWFJul18981STXARMO

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - John Lewis Allen - Household

ED 148 Blackburn, Jefferson, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Allen, J L AheadMW42M119MOOHOHEnglishFarmGeneralOAYesYesOFH
Allen, LucywifeFW31M119MOKYKYEnglishNoneYesYes
Allen, LoomissonMW15STXMOMOEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Allen, MyrtledaughterFW11STXMOMOEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Allen, LilliedaughterFW8STXMOMONoneYes
Allen, FranksonMW6SOKMOMONone

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Lucy Georgia Gill - Household

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Allen, LucyheadOMFW48WdYesYesMOKYKYYesNone
Allen, RaymondnephewMW25SYesYesTXTXTXYesFarm LaborerHome Farm
Allen, LilliedaughterFW18SYesYesTXTXMOYesNone
Allen, LoomissonMW26SYesYesTXTXMOYesFarmingGeneral FarmOA