The Shemwell Family

Elna Ray HincheyAge: 100 years19062007

Name
Elna Ray Hinchey
Given names
Elna Ray
Surname
Hinchey
Married name
Elna Ray Valentine
Birth December 26, 1906 24 23
Census May 10, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherAlmus Bill “Buck” Hinchey
February 1, 1912 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherEarl “Fat Daddy” Hinchey
November 11, 1913 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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 fatherAbdel Hinchey
January 12, 1919 (Age 12 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 2, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Ray Perry Valentine
September 8, 1935 (Age 28 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherIsaac Marion “Pute” Hinchey
April 1, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 1, 1950 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 motherHesta Pearl Aycock
March 29, 1977 (Age 70 years)
Death of a husbandThomas Perry Valentine
December 3, 1978 (Age 71 years)
Death of a brotherAlmus Bill “Buck” Hinchey
January 28, 1986 (Age 79 years)
Death of a brotherEarl “Fat Daddy” Hinchey
October 11, 2004 (Age 97 years)
Death March 21, 2007 (Age 100 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hill Crest Memorial Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: December 24, 1905Henry, Tennessee, United States
1 year
herself
Elna Ray Hinchey
Birth: December 26, 1906 24 23Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 21, 2007Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
5 years
younger brother
Almus Bill “Buck” Hinchey
Birth: February 1, 1912 29 29Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 28, 1986Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
21 months
younger brother
Earl “Fat Daddy” Hinchey
Birth: November 11, 1913 30 30Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 11, 2004Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Family with Thomas Perry Valentine - View this family
husband
Thomas Perry Valentine
Birth: June 9, 1903Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 3, 1978Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
herself
Elna Ray Hinchey
Birth: December 26, 1906 24 23Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 21, 2007Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
son
Ray Perry Valentine
Birth: September 8, 1935 32 28Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 15, 2011Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
son
Private

Elna Ray Hinchey has 3 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Abdel Hinchey - Household

Henry, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Hinchey, AbheadMW27M14TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Hinchey, HesterwifeFW25M1411TNTNTN
Hinchey, Elna RdaughterFW3STNTNTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Hesta Pearl Aycock - Household

Henry, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Hinchey, HesterheadFW37WdTNTNTNDairy?
Hinchey, Ellen RaydaughterFW13STNTNTN
Hinchey, AlmussonMW7STNTNTN
Hinchey, EarlsonMW6STNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Hesta Pearl Aycock - Household

509 Hudson Ave Paris, Henry, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Hinchey, HesterheadFW47Wd23TNTNTNSales LadyGrocery Store
Hinchey, ElinordaughterFW23STNTNTN
Hinchey, Almus BsonMW18STNTNTN
Hinchey, EarlsonMW16STNTNTN