The Shemwell Family

Margaret Clair HughesAge: 63 years19051969

Name
Margaret Clair Hughes
Given names
Margaret Clair
Surname
Hughes
Birth July 29, 1905 43 24
Census April 30, 1910 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a fatherAlbert W Hughes
after 1916 (Age 10 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 11 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 12 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/
Census January 3, 1920 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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 12, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Census April 19, 1940 (Age 34 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy Saphronia “Nannie” Ponder
April 23, 1941 (Age 35 years)
Death of a motherNellie Ponder Minton
February 9, 1943 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 44 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 40 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 1969 (Age 63 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tacoma Cemetery
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father
mother
Nellie Ponder Minton
Birth: October 1880 25 24Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 9, 1943Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States
Marriage: August 3, 1904Seattle, King, Washington, United States
1 year
herself
Margaret Clair Hughes
Birth: July 29, 1905 43 24Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States
Death: 1969Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Albert W Hughes - Household

S. 40th Tacoma, Pierce, Washington

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Hughes, Albert WheadMW48M16NC??OwnerLumber Mill
Hughes, Nellie PwifeFW30M1611ARMOMO
Hughes, MargaretdaughterFW5SWANCAR

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Nellie Ponder Minton - Household

S. 40th Street Tacoma, Pierce, Washington

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Hughes, Nellie PheadFW39WdARMOMOTelephone OperatorRailroad Off.
Hughes, MargaretdaughterFW14SWAARNC
Flansburgn, Nannie SmotherFW64WdMOTNMO
Minton, Mary AsisterFW41SARMOMOTeacherPublic School
Flansburg, EthelsisterFW28SWAMOMOStenographerRailroad Co.

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Nellie Ponder Minton - Household

1303 S. 40th Tacoma, Pierce, Washington

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Hughes, Nellie BheadFW48Wd24ARUSMOTelephone ??Northern Pacific
Hughes, Margaret CdaughterFW24SWANCARTeacherHigh School
Flansburg, NanniemotherFW74WdMOTNMOHousewife
Minton, Mary AsisterFW52SARUSMOTeacherSchool

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Mary A Minton - Household

1303 S. 40th Tacoma, Pierce, Washington

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Minton, Mary AheadFW61SARTeacherPublic School
Hughes, Nellieyounger sisterFW59DAROUX OperatorRailroad
Hughes, Margaret CnieceFW34SWATeacherPublic School