The Shemwell Family

Roy Ward Pearce Sr.Age: 72 years19191991

Name
Roy Ward Pearce Sr.
Given names
Roy Ward
Surname
Pearce
Name suffix
Sr.
Birth February 21, 1919 19 16
MarriageFay MahoneyView this family
unknown

Marriage of parentsRoy W WardMaude Lillian ComleyView this family
about 1919

Birth of a sisterDorothy Bettye Pearce
March 1, 1922 (Age 3 years)
Death of a fatherRoy W Ward
June 10, 1928 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 10 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 11 years)
Marriage of a parentStarling Charles PearceMaude Lillian ComleyView this family
after 1930 (Age 10 years)

Census April 4, 1940 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 22 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 30 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 26 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 June 18, 1991 (Age 72 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
Roy W Ward
Birth: December 25, 1899Salem, Dent, Missouri, United States
Death: June 10, 1928St. Louis, Missouri, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1919
2 months
himself
Roy Ward Pearce Sr.
Birth: February 21, 1919 19 16St Louis, Missouri, United States
Death: June 18, 1991Ft. Pierce, St. Lucie, Florida, United States
3 years
younger sister
Dorothy Bettye Pearce
Birth: March 1, 1922 22 19St Louis, Missouri, United States
Death: September 10, 1991Broward, Florida, United States
Mother’s family with Starling Charles Pearce - View this family
step-father
Starling Charles Pearce
Birth: February 8, 1903 39 30Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 20, 1981Broward, Florida, United States
mother
Marriage: after 1930
Family with Fay Mahoney - View this family
himself
Roy Ward Pearce Sr.
Birth: February 21, 1919 19 16St Louis, Missouri, United States
Death: June 18, 1991Ft. Pierce, St. Lucie, Florida, United States
wife
Fay Mahoney
Birth: December 5, 1919
Death: November 6, 1999Ft. Pierce, St. Lucie, Florida, United States
Marriage:

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Maude Lillian Comley - Household

4948 Potomac St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Ward, Maude LheadFW31Wd18MOILIL
Ward, Roy WsonMW11SMOMOMO
Ward, Dorothy BdaughterFW8SMOMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Starling Charles Pearce - Household

928 Cass West Plains, Howell, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Pearce, Starling CXheadMW39MARRussellvilleARField Representativefedwral Land Bank
Pearce, Maude LwifeFW39MMORussellvilleAR
Pearce, Roy WsonMW21SMORussellvilleAR
Pearce, BettyedaughterFW18SMORussellvilleAR