The Shemwell Family

John Robert CrawleyAge: 62 years19021965

Name
John Robert Crawley
Given names
John Robert
Surname
Crawley
Birth June 1, 1902
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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/
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 4, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Evelyn Crawley
June 22, 1930 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#2
John Robert Crawley Jr
September 18, 1935 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Anita Crawley
November 2, 1939 (Age 37 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 37 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
Census April 15, 1950 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
James Clay “Jim” Rittenhouse
July 10, 1961 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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, 1965 (Age 62 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Cemetery
Family with Ermine Esther Groves - View this family
himself
John Robert Crawley
Birth: June 1, 1902Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 21, 1965Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
wife
Ermine Esther Groves
Birth: February 28, 1902 39 27Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 21, 1994Palmyra, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Mary Evelyn Crawley
Birth: June 22, 1930 28 28Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 15, 1980Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
5 years
son
John Robert Crawley Jr
Birth: September 18, 1935 33 33Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 21, 1995Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
4 years
daughter
Anita Crawley
Birth: November 2, 1939 37 37Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 11, 2018Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, United States

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - John Robert Crawley - Household

420 W 16th Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Crawley, John RheadMW47MarKYCarpenter ForemanArmy Camp
Crawley, ErminewifeFW48MarKY
Crawley, John JrsonMW14NevKY
Crawley, AnitadaughterFW10NevKY