The Shemwell Family

Ona Marie GrovesAge: 80 years19101990

Name
Ona Marie Groves
Given names
Ona Marie
Surname
Groves
Married name
Ona Marie Brown
Married name
Ona Marie Sullivan
Birth May 2, 1910 47 35
Death of a sisterOra Pearl Groves
June 19, 1910 (Age 48 days)
Birth of a sisterNina Groves
September 12, 1912 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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 14, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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 10, 1930 (Age 19 years)
MarriageWilliam Thomas SullivanView this family
October 22, 1930 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Kenneth Clayton Sullivan
January 21, 1931 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Deward Ray Sullivan
February 13, 1933 (Age 22 years)
DivorceWilliam Thomas SullivanView this family
before 1940 (Age 29 years)

Census April 9, 1940 (Age 29 years)
Death of a fatherJacob Alexander “Jake” Groves
July 12, 1942 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 6, 1950 (Age 39 years)
MarriageEarman Hershel BrownView this family
after 1950 (Age 39 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 motherMartha Ellen “Mattie” Carneal
July 16, 1961 (Age 51 years)
Death of a half-sisterAda Groves
February 24, 1963 (Age 52 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 sisterNina Groves
July 22, 1977 (Age 67 years)

Death of a brotherUlysses Simpson Groves
August 6, 1979 (Age 69 years)
Death of a brotherCharles Clayton “Charlie” Groves
May 7, 1981 (Age 71 years)
Death of a sisterElva Gertrude “Elvie” Groves
February 12, 1989 (Age 78 years)
Death October 21, 1990 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Hill Memorial Gardens
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 28, 1890Todd, Kentucky, United States
1 year
elder sister
Vadie Groves
Birth: about 1891 28 15Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: about 1892Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder sister
Ora Pearl Groves
Birth: March 31, 1894 31 19Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 19, 1910Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
Ermine Esther Groves
Birth: February 28, 1902 39 27Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 21, 1994Palmyra, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
5 years
elder brother
Ulysses Simpson Groves
Birth: November 22, 1906 43 31Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 6, 1979Warren, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder sister
Vernie L Groves
Birth: 1908 45 32Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1908Todd, Kentucky, United States
2 years
herself
2 years
younger sister
Father’s family with Angemima J Blake - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: about 1882
21 months
half-sister
Ida E Groves
Birth: September 29, 1883 20Kentucky, United States
Death: March 25, 1908
2 years
half-sister
Ada Groves
Birth: December 2, 1885 22Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 24, 1963
Family with Earman Hershel Brown - View this family
husband
Earman Hershel Brown
Birth: January 23, 1901Westmoreland, Sumner, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 30, 1995Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
herself
Marriage: after 1950
Family with William Thomas Sullivan - View this family
ex-husband
William Thomas Sullivan
Birth: June 30, 1908Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 30, 1995Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
herself
Marriage: October 22, 1930
Divorce: before 1940
3 months
son
Kenneth Clayton Sullivan
Birth: January 21, 1931 22 20Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 24, 2006Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States
2 years
son
Deward Ray Sullivan
Birth: February 13, 1933 24 22Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 10, 2013Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Alexander “Jake” Groves - Household

Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Groves, JacobheadMW57MKYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Groves, Mattie EwifeFW45MKYKYKY
Groves, Charlie CsonMW23SKYKYKYFarm LaborerHome Farm
Groves, Ermine EdaughterFW17SKYKYKY
Groves, Ellis SsonMW13SKYKYKY
Groves, Onie MdaughterFW9SKYKYKY
Groves, NinadaughterFW7SKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Alexander “Jake” Groves - Household

Kirkmansville and Clifty through Davis Hollow Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Groves, JacobheadMW67M19KYTNKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Groves, Mattie EwifeFW55M16KYKYKY
Groves, Ona MdaughterFW19SKYKYKYLaborerFarm

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Alexander “Jake” Groves - Household

Road Off Crafts Store Road To Highway 181 Clifty, Todd, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Groves, JacobXheadMW77MKYSame houseFarmingFarm
Groves, Martha EllenwifeFW65MKYSame house
Sullivan, OnadaughterFW29DKYSame houseManagerRecreation Center
Sullivan, Kennethgrand sonMW9SKYSame house
Sullivan, Deward Rheagrand sonMW7SKYSame house

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Ona Marie Groves - Household

415 W. 16th Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Sullivan, OnaheadFW39DKYTelephone OperatorTelephone Co.
Sullivan, DewardsonMW17NevKYDelivers NewspapersNewspaper
Groves, MattiemotherFW75WdKY