The Shemwell Family

Lavenia CoxAge: 85 years19222007

Name
Lavenia Cox
Given names
Lavenia
Surname
Cox
Married name
Lavenia Bradford
Married name
Lavenia Mansfield
Birth March 31, 1922 23 19
Birth of a sisterAmelia “Dickie” Cox
October 18, 1925 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 7 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 8 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 18 years)
MarriageJewell Richard BradfordView this family
about 1942 (Age 19 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Ranny Jewell Bradford
July 24, 1943 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 19 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 12, 1950 (Age 28 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherEbenezer B Cox
May 21, 1950 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Glenn Dale Bradford
May 20, 1953 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 27 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 paternal grandmotherAmelia Ann Riley
January 29, 1955 (Age 32 years)
Death of a sonRanny Jewell Bradford
September 22, 1959 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 23 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 motherGertrude V Holley
August 23, 1980 (Age 58 years)
Death of a fatherHenry Gratten Cox
June 26, 1984 (Age 62 years)
Death of a husbandJewell Richard Bradford
July 13, 1990 (Age 68 years)
Death of a sonGlenn Dale Bradford
June 25, 2005 (Age 83 years)
Death July 30, 2007 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maplelawn Park Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Henry Gratten Cox
Birth: November 24, 1898 25 20Kentucky, United States
Death: June 26, 1984McCracken, Kentucky, United States
mother
Marriage: February 1921
14 months
herself
Lavenia Cox
Birth: March 31, 1922 23 19McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 30, 2007Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
4 years
younger sister
Amelia “Dickie” Cox
Birth: October 18, 1925 26 23Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Death: November 25, 2013Calvert City, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Family with Jewell Richard Bradford - View this family
husband
herself
Lavenia Cox
Birth: March 31, 1922 23 19McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 30, 2007Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: about 1942
19 months
son
Ranny Jewell Bradford
Birth: July 24, 1943 23 21Pennsylvania, United States
Death: September 22, 1959Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
10 years
son
Glenn Dale Bradford
Birth: May 20, 1953 32 31Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 25, 2005Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Family with Private - View this family
husband
Private
herself
Lavenia Cox
Birth: March 31, 1922 23 19McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 30, 2007Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States

Lavenia Cox has 5 first cousins recorded

Mother's family (0)

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

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Jewell Richard Bradford - Household

Grahamville Rd. McCracken, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Bradford, JewellheadMW29MarKYWelderConstruction
Bradford, LaveniawifeFW28MarKY
Bradford, Ranny JsonMW6NevKY