Cleo KemmerAge: 99 years1911–2011
- Name
- Cleo Kemmer
- Given names
- Cleo
- Surname
- Kemmer
- Married name
- Cleo Coston
 Birth | December 25, 1911 43 40 |
 Birth of a brother | Robert Emmett Kemmer Jr December 7, 1914 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 grandfather | William Johnson Parham June 7, 1919 (Age 7 years) |
 Census | January 10, 1920 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Elizabeth Ford March 17, 1927 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 17 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 18 years) |
| Census | April 30, 1940 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a mother | Eva Lesta Parham July 25, 1944 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 14, 1950 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 father | Robert E Kemmer December 17, 1954 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a brother | Charles Oscar Kemmer July 23, 1975 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a husband | Charles Robert Coston November 28, 1975 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 sister | Jennie O Kemmer February 15, 1976 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth “Lizzie” Kemmer September 6, 1976 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary O Kemmer 1994 (Age 82 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Litton Kemmer Sr. December 20, 2004 (Age 92 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ava Lee Kemmer August 6, 2007 (Age 95 years) |
 Death | December 16, 2011 (Age 99 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Robert E Kemmer Birth: April 10, 1868 39 33 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 17, 1954 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Eva Lesta Parham Birth: March 13, 1871 23 22 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: July 25, 1944 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about 1892 — |
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2 years elder brother |
Ranie Clyde Kemmer Birth: December 22, 1893 25 22 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 21, 1907 — Tennessee, United States |
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9 months elder brother |
Charles Oscar Kemmer Birth: September 29, 1894 26 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 23, 1975 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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23 months elder sister |
Mary O Kemmer Birth: August 1896 28 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: 1994 |
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3 years elder sister |
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Kemmer Birth: January 5, 1900 31 28 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: September 6, 1976 — Rhea, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Jennie O Kemmer Birth: July 10, 1902 34 31 — Tennessee, United States Death: February 15, 1976 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
John Litton Kemmer Sr. Birth: April 5, 1905 36 34 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: December 20, 2004 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Ava Lee Kemmer Birth: May 21, 1909 41 38 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: August 6, 2007 |
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3 years herself |
Cleo Kemmer Birth: December 25, 1911 43 40 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 16, 2011 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Robert Emmett Kemmer Jr Birth: December 7, 1914 46 43 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: December 20, 2014 — Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Charles Robert Coston |
| husband |
Charles Robert Coston Birth: January 30, 1915 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: November 28, 1975 — Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Cleo Kemmer Birth: December 25, 1911 43 40 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 16, 2011 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
| son |
Private |
Cleo Kemmer has 22 first cousins recorded
Father's family (7)
Parents Charles Edward “Charley” Kemmer + Lunetta “Nettie” Parham
Mother's family (15)
Parents Charles Edward “Charley” Kemmer + Lunetta “Nettie” Parham
Parents John Curtis Parham + Lillie Pearl Agee
Parents James Oscar Parham + Stella Emma Hall
Parents Franklin Wilber “Wilker” Parham + Gladys Pearl Burnett
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Robert E Kemmer - Household
Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Robert E Kemmer - Household
Grassy Cove Road Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Robert E Kemmer - Household
Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee
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