Robert Emmett Kemmer JrAge: 100 years1914–2014
- Name
- Robert Emmett Kemmer Jr
- Given names
- Robert Emmett
- Surname
- Kemmer
- Name suffix
- Jr
 Birth | December 7, 1914 46 43 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 12 months)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 2 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 3 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 4 years) |
 Census | January 10, 1920 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Elizabeth Ford March 17, 1927 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 14 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 15 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Walter Emmett Kemmer December 18, 1938 (Age 24 years) |
| Census | April 30, 1940 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a mother | Eva Lesta Parham July 25, 1944 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 6, 1950 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Walter Emmett Kemmer — Alice Katherine Stokes — View this family January 12, 1959 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Tony Charles Kemmer November 4, 1963 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a son | Walter Emmett Kemmer February 27, 1973 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a brother | Charles Oscar Kemmer July 23, 1975 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 61 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth “Lizzie” Kemmer September 6, 1976 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a wife | Carrie Barnes September 25, 1981 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary O Kemmer 1994 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Tony Charles Kemmer January 19, 2003 (Age 88 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Litton Kemmer Sr. December 20, 2004 (Age 90 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ava Lee Kemmer August 6, 2007 (Age 92 years) |
| Death of a sister | Cleo Kemmer December 16, 2011 (Age 97 years) |
 Death | December 20, 2014 (Age 100 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Grassy Cove Methodist Church Cemetery |
| 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 elder sister |
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 himself |
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 Carrie Barnes |
| himself |
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 |
| wife |
Carrie Barnes Birth: July 25, 1906 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 25, 1981 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| son |
Walter Emmett Kemmer Birth: December 18, 1938 24 32 — Tennessee, United States Death: February 27, 1973 |
| daughter |
Private |
Robert Emmett Kemmer Jr 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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