The Shemwell Family

Charles Tello BallanceAge: 80 years18911971

Name
Charles Tello Ballance
Given names
Charles Tello
Surname
Ballance
Birth February 20, 1891
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 24 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 25 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 26 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/
MarriageMary Olethia NixonView this family
about 1922 (Age 30 years)
Note: Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Birth of a daughter
#1
Patricia Elizabeth Mullen
June 15, 1922 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 38 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 1930 (Age 39 years)
Adoption of a daughterPatricia Elizabeth Mullen
about 1930 (Age 38 years)
Adoption: Adopted by father
Marriage of a childRobert Bruce McGeePatricia Elizabeth MullenView this family
January 1, 1941 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 50 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 58 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 54 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 May 15, 1971 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Lawn Cemetery
Family with Mary Olethia Nixon - View this family
himself
Charles Tello Ballance
Birth: February 20, 1891Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 15, 1971Norfolk, Virginia, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1922Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States
5 months
daughter
Patricia Elizabeth Mullen
Adoption: about 1930Virginia, United States
Birth: June 15, 1922Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Death: January 14, 1996Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Stephen Olin Mullin Jr + Mary Olethia Nixon - View this family
wife’s husband
Stephen Olin Mullin Jr
Birth: October 21, 1891Elizabeth City, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 14, 1976Elizabeth City, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States
wife
Marriage: October 18, 1913Newland, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States
9 years
daughter
Patricia Elizabeth Mullen
Adoption: about 1930Virginia, United States
Birth: June 15, 1922Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Death: January 14, 1996Norfolk, Virginia, United States

No family available

Marriage
Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Charles Tello Ballance - Household

Portsmouth, Virginia, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Ballance, CharlesheadR25NoMW40M26NCNCNCYesManagerRetail GroceryWYesYesWW
Ballance, OlethiawifeFW32M17NCNCNCYesNone
Ballance, Evaline(adopted) daughterFW12SNCNCNCYesNone
Ballance, Sidney(adopted) sonMW10SVANCNCYesNone
Ballance, Elizabeth(adopted) daughterFW8SVANCNCNone
Ballance, CharliesonMW6SVANCNCNone
Ballance, Mary OdaughterFW4 years 6 monthsSNCNCNCNone
Ballance, Joseph CsonMW2 years 1 monthSVANCNCNone
Ballance, WinfredsonMW1 year 6 monthsSVANCNCNone