The Shemwell Family

Robert Grover LoftinAge: 69 years18891959

Name
Robert Grover Loftin
Given names
Robert Grover
Surname
Loftin
Birth November 2, 1889 39 39
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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 18, 1900 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a daughter
#1
Iris Loftin
October 13, 1918 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 27 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 28 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 12, 1920 (Age 30 years)
Death of a motherMargaret Jane Coggin
April 2, 1926 (Age 36 years)
Death of a fatherJonathan Columbus Loftin
April 5, 1929 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 39 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 23, 1930 (Age 40 years)
Census April 10, 1940 (Age 50 years)
Marriage of a childHaydie Edmondson LaneIris LoftinView this family
Type: Religious marriage
September 28, 1940 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 52 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
Census April 1, 1950 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 60 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 56 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 March 21, 1959 (Age 69 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
Jonathan Columbus Loftin
Birth: December 2, 1849North Carolina, United States
Death: April 5, 1929Davidson, North Carolina, United States
mother
Margaret Jane Coggin
Birth: February 19, 1850 28 26North Carolina, United States
Death: April 2, 1926Randolph, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: October 31, 1887Davidson, North Carolina, United States
2 years
himself
Robert Grover Loftin
Birth: November 2, 1889 39 39North Carolina, United States
Death: March 21, 1959San Francisco, California, United States
Family with Velna Reid - View this family
himself
Robert Grover Loftin
Birth: November 2, 1889 39 39North Carolina, United States
Death: March 21, 1959San Francisco, California, United States
wife
Velna Reid
Birth: 1898North Carolina, United States
Death: January 5, 1971Mountain View, Santa Clara, California, United States
daughter
Iris Loftin
Birth: October 13, 1918 28 20North Carolina, United States
Death: June 12, 1980Richmond, Virginia, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Jonathan Columbus Loftin - Household

Randolph, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Loftin, Jonathan headWMNov184950M13NCNCNCfarmer
Loftin, Margaret JwifeWFFeb185050M121NCNCNC
Loftin, GroversonWMNov188910SNCNCNC
Loftin, MaygranddaughterWFMay18982SNCNCNC

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Robert Grover Loftin - Household

Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Loftin, Robert GheadMW29MNCNCNCforeman wood shopAuburn Motor Company
Loftin, VelmawifeFW21MNCNCNC
Loftin, IrisdaughterFW1 year 3 monthsSNCNCNC
Reid, Tombrother in lawMW19SNCNCNC

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Robert Grover Loftin - Household

Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Loftin, Robert GheadMW60SepNCcabinet makerwood working