The Shemwell Family

Dorothy Frances DavisAge: 88 years19122001

Name
Dorothy Frances Davis
Given names
Dorothy Frances
Surname
Davis
Married name
Dorothy Frances Combs
Birth April 28, 1912
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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 17 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
MarriageEdmond Nichols CombsView this family
about 1935 (Age 22 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Alfred Edmond Combs
August 21, 1936 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary Ellen Combs
April 22, 1938 (Age 25 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 10, 1950 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 37 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 sonAlfred Edmond Combs
February 18, 1968 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 husbandEdmond Nichols Combs
March 13, 1977 (Age 64 years)
Death March 30, 2001 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Washington Park North Cemetery
Family with Edmond Nichols Combs - View this family
husband
Edmond Nichols Combs
Birth: September 7, 1909 35 34Haskell, Haskell, Texas, United States
Death: March 13, 1977Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
herself
Dorothy Frances Davis
Birth: April 28, 1912Moultrie, Illinois, United States
Death: March 30, 2001Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, United States
Marriage: about 1935
20 months
son
Alfred Edmond Combs
Birth: August 21, 1936 26 24Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Death: February 18, 1968Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
20 months
daughter
Mary Ellen Combs
Birth: April 22, 1938 28 25Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
Death: February 22, 2015Madison, Alabama, United States

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Edmond Nichols Combs - Household

6181 Carrollton Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Combs, EdmondheadMW30MTXDecaturMasonILAnalytical ReporterAnalytical ?
Combs, DorothywifeFW28MILDecaturMasonIL
Combs, AlfredsonMW3SIL
Combs, Mary EllendaughterFW2SIN

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Edmond Nichols Combs - Household

6205 Carrollton Ave Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Combs, Edmond NheadMW40MarTXDistrict Report Mgr.Merchantile Agency
Combs, DorothywifeFW37MarIL
Combs, AlfredsonMW13NevIL
Combs, Mary EllendaughterFW11NevIN