The Shemwell Family

Bruce Harris1902

Name
Bruce Harris
Given names
Bruce
Surname
Harris
Birth about 1902 35 29
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy Jane Hinch
June 29, 1908 (Age 6 years)
Death of a sisterLena Harris
before 1910 (Age 8 years)

Birth of a sisterOlive Harris
1910 (Age 8 years)
Census May 3, 1910 (Age 8 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas Hall
1912 (Age 10 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
Death of a fatherJohn Oliver Harris
October 21, 1917 (Age 15 years)
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 10, 1920 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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
Census April 8, 1930 (Age 28 years)
Census May 2, 1940 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 brotherLeo Vernon Harris
November 29, 1964 (Age 62 years)
Death of a motherSarah “Sallie” Hall
April 19, 1971 (Age 69 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 of a sisterAdilah Adell Harris
April 8, 1979 (Age 77 years)
Death of a sisterLonah May Harris
January 3, 1991 (Age 89 years)
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1890Melvine, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
16 months
elder brother
Leo Vernon Harris
Birth: May 2, 1891 25 18Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 29, 1964Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
18 months
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
Lonah May Harris
Birth: April 25, 1895 29 22Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 3, 1991Buhl, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
19 months
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
Lena Harris
Birth: March 1900 34 27Tennessee, United States
Death: before 1910
3 years
himself
9 years
younger sister

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - John Oliver Harris - Household

1910 Evensville, Rhea, Tennessee - John O Harris

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Harris, John OheadMW44M119INININDentistAt Home
Harris, Sallie SwifeFW37M11976TNTNTNDress makerAt Home
Harris, Leo VsonMW18STNTNTNLaborerHome Farm
Harris, AdilahdaughterFW17STNTNTN
Harris, Lonah MdaughterFW14STNTNTN
Harris, Thomas HsonMW13STNTNTN
Harris, BrucesonMW8STNTNTN
Harris, OlivedaughterFW2mSTNTNTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Adilah Adell Harris - Household

Buhl, Twin Falls, Idaho

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Fooshee, DilahheadFW27WdTNINTNCashierRestaurant
Fooshee, NormadaughterFW1-3mSIDTNTN
Fooshee, John Abrother in lawMW37STNTNTNMason's TenderBuilding
Harris, SalliemotherFW47WdTNTNTN
Harris, Lonahyounger sisterFW23STNINTN
Harris, Bruceyounger brotherMW18STNINTNTenderConcrete Mixer

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Bruce Harris - Household

224 1/2 West 64 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Harris, BruceheadMW28STNINTN??
Harris, SarahmotherFW58WdTNTNTN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Lonah May Harris - Household

Rt. 1 Clover Rd. Buhl, Twin Falls, Idaho

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Frazer, LonahXheadFW45WdTNSame PlaceTwin Falls
Harris, Bruceyounger brotherMW38STNSame PlaceTwin FallsFarm LaborerFarm