The Shemwell Family

Ava Lee KemmerAge: 98 years19092007

Name
Ava Lee Kemmer
Given names
Ava Lee
Surname
Kemmer
Married name
Ava Lee Hixson
Birth May 21, 1909 41 38
Census April 30, 1910 (Age 11 months)
Birth of a sisterCleo Kemmer
December 25, 1911 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Emmett Kemmer Jr
December 7, 1914 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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/
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Johnson Parham
June 7, 1919 (Age 10 years)
Census January 10, 1920 (Age 10 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Elizabeth Ford
March 17, 1927 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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 7, 1930 (Age 20 years)
Census May 29, 1940 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Meredith Hixson
October 5, 1942 (Age 33 years)
Death of a daughterMeredith Hixson
October 7, 1942 (Age 33 years)
Death of a motherEva Lesta Parham
July 25, 1944 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 26, 1950 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 40 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 fatherRobert E Kemmer
December 17, 1954 (Age 45 years)
Death of a brotherCharles Oscar Kemmer
July 23, 1975 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 sisterJennie O Kemmer
February 15, 1976 (Age 66 years)
Death of a sisterElizabeth “Lizzie” Kemmer
September 6, 1976 (Age 67 years)
Death of a husbandMilton Alexander Hixson
September 1985 (Age 76 years)

Death of a sisterMary O Kemmer
1994 (Age 84 years)

Death of a brotherJohn Litton Kemmer Sr.
December 20, 2004 (Age 95 years)
Death August 6, 2007 (Age 98 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Acres Memorial Gardens
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1892
2 years
elder brother
Ranie Clyde Kemmer
Birth: December 22, 1893 25 22Tennessee, United States
Death: July 21, 1907Tennessee, United States
9 months
elder brother
Charles Oscar Kemmer
Birth: September 29, 1894 26 23Tennessee, United States
Death: July 23, 1975Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
23 months
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Kemmer
Birth: January 5, 1900 31 28Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 6, 1976Rhea, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder sister
Jennie O Kemmer
Birth: July 10, 1902 34 31Tennessee, United States
Death: February 15, 1976Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
John Litton Kemmer Sr.
Birth: April 5, 1905 36 34Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 20, 2004Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
4 years
herself
Ava Lee Kemmer
Birth: May 21, 1909 41 38Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 6, 2007
3 years
younger sister
Cleo Kemmer
Birth: December 25, 1911 43 40Tennessee, United States
Death: December 16, 2011Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Robert Emmett Kemmer Jr
Birth: December 7, 1914 46 43Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 20, 2014Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Family with Milton Alexander Hixson - View this family
husband
herself
Ava Lee Kemmer
Birth: May 21, 1909 41 38Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 6, 2007
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
daughter
Meredith Hixson
Birth: October 5, 1942 39 33Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 7, 1942Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
son
Private

Ava Lee Kemmer has 22 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Robert E Kemmer - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Kemmer, Robert EheadMW43M18TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Kemmer, EvawifeFW39M1876TNTNTN
Kemmer, OscarsonMW14STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome Farm
Kemmer, MarydaughterFW12STNTNTN
Kemmer, LizziedaughterFW10STNTNTN
Kemmer, JenniedaughterFW8STNTNTN
Kemmer, LittonsonMW4STNTNTN
Kemmer, Ava LeedaughterFW11mSTNTNTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Robert E Kemmer - Household

Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Kemmer, RobertheadMW54MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Kemmer, EvawifeFW47MTNTNTN
Kemmer, OscarsonMW24STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome Farm
Kemmer, ElizabethdaughterFW20STNTNTN
Kemmer, JenniedaughterFW16STNTNTN
Kemmer, LittonsonMW14STNTNTN
Kemmer, Ava LeedaughterFW11STNTNTN
Kemmer, CleodaughterFW7STNTNTN
Kemmer, RobertsonMW5STNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Robert E Kemmer - Household

Grassy Cove Road Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Kemmer, Robert EheadMW62M25TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farming
Kemmer, EvawifeFW59M21TNTNTN
Kemmer, OscarsonMW34STNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farming
Kemmer, LittonsonMW24STNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farming
Kemmer, Ava Lee abdaughterFW21STNTNTN
Kemmer, Cleo abdaughterFW18STNTNTN
Kemmer, RobertsonMW16STNTNTN
Ray, JennydaughterFW27M21TNTNTN
Ray, Estusgrand sonMW7STNTNTN