The Shemwell Family

Gertrude V HolleyAge: 78 years19021980

Name
Gertrude V Holley
Given names
Gertrude V
Surname
Holley
Married name
Gertrude V Cox
Birth June 25, 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/
MarriageHenry Gratten CoxView this family
February 1921 (Age 18 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Lavenia Cox
March 31, 1922 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Amelia “Dickie” Cox
October 18, 1925 (Age 23 years)
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 8, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 37 years)
Marriage of a childJewell Richard BradfordLavenia CoxView this family
about 1942 (Age 39 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1
Ranny Jewell Bradford
July 24, 1943 (Age 41 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
Birth of a grandson
#2
Glenn Dale Bradford
May 20, 1953 (Age 50 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
Death of a grandsonRanny Jewell Bradford
September 22, 1959 (Age 57 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 August 23, 1980 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McKendree United Methodist Church Cemetery
Family with Henry Gratten Cox - View this family
husband
Henry Gratten Cox
Birth: November 24, 1898 25 20Kentucky, United States
Death: June 26, 1984McCracken, Kentucky, United States
herself
Marriage: February 1921
14 months
daughter
Lavenia Cox
Birth: March 31, 1922 23 19McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 30, 2007Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
4 years
daughter
Amelia “Dickie” Cox
Birth: October 18, 1925 26 23Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Death: November 25, 2013Calvert City, Marshall, Kentucky, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Henry Gratten Cox - Household

6160 Townsend Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Cox, GrattheadMW31M21KYKYKYGrinderAuto Plant
Cox, GertrudewifeFW28M19KYKYKY
Cox, LaveniadaughterFW8SKYKYKY
Cox, AmeliadaughterFW4SMIKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Henry Gratten Cox - Household

McCracken, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Cox, GratXheadMW41MKYRMcCrackenKYTruck DriverGeneral Trucking
Cox, GertrudewifeFW37MKYRMcCrackenKY
Cox, LaveniadaughterFW18SKYRMcCrackenKY
Cox, AmeliadaughterFW14SKYRMcCrackenKY