The Shemwell Family

Roy Archibald CarrothersAge: 85 years18891974

Name
Roy Archibald Carrothers
Given names
Roy Archibald
Surname
Carrothers
Birth March 10, 1889 31 27
Census
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
MarriageEthel BarnerView this family
October 23, 1909 (Age 20 years)
Census April 23, 1910 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 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 27 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 28 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/
Birth of a daughter
#1
Dorothy Mae Carrothers
January 15, 1919 (Age 29 years)
Census January 9, 1920 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 40 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 6, 1930 (Age 41 years)
Death of a fatherJames Thomas Carrothers
August 16, 1937 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 52 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 60 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 wifeEthel Barner
November 8, 1956 (Age 67 years)
Death of a motherLumyra Menerva Vance
July 3, 1959 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 56 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 October 22, 1974 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Belle Plaine Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
James Thomas Carrothers
Birth: December 23, 1857Birmingham, Monroe, Guernsey, Ohio, United States
Death: August 16, 1937Mulvane, Sumner, Kansas, United States
mother
Lumyra Menerva Vance
Birth: March 26, 1861Birmingham, Monroe, Guernsey, Ohio, United States
Death: July 3, 1959Mulvane, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Marriage: August 30, 1879Guernsey, Ohio, United States
10 years
himself
Roy Archibald Carrothers
Birth: March 10, 1889 31 27Mulvane, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: October 22, 1974Kansas, United States
Family with Ethel Barner - View this family
himself
Roy Archibald Carrothers
Birth: March 10, 1889 31 27Mulvane, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: October 22, 1974Kansas, United States
wife
Ethel Barner
Birth: September 21, 1891 31 30Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: November 8, 1956Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Marriage: October 23, 1909Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
9 years
daughter
Dorothy Mae Carrothers
Birth: January 15, 1919 29 27Kansas, United States
Death: January 11, 2001Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Roy Archibald Carrothers - Household

Palestine, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Carothers, Roy AheadMW21M11KSOHOHEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmingEMPYesYesRF
Carothers, EthelwifeFW18M1100KSILILEnglishNoneYesYesNo

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Roy Archibald Carrothers - Household

Harmon, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Carrothers, RoyheadRMW30MYesYesKSOHOHYesFarmerGeneral FarmOA
Carrothers, EthelwifeFW27MYesYesKSILILYesNone
Carrothers, Dorothy MaydaughterFW0 years 11 monthsSKSKSKSNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Roy Archibald Carrothers - Household

Gore, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Carrothers, Roy AheadO1000YesMW41M20NoYesKSOHOHYesFarmerFarmingOYes
Carrothers, Mary EwifeFW28M19NoYesIAIAIAYesNone
Wagner, Doris Mstep daughterFW8SYesOKKSIANone
Wagner, Frances Estep sonMW3 years 10 monthsSNoKSKSIANone
Carrothers, Mary MdaughterFW2 years 3 monthsSNoKSKSIANone

Census1905 Kansas State - Census transcript - James Thomas Carrothers - Household

Palestine, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Carrothers, J TheadMW47OHFarmer
Carrothers, L MwifeFW43OH
Carrothers, G BsonMW23OHFarmer
Carrothers, L TsonMW21OHFarmer
Carrothers, Mary AdaughterFW19KS
Carrothers, A RoysonMW16KS
Carrothers, E CsonMW7KS
Carrothers, A??MW72OHFarmer

Name
Ethel Carrothers (nee Barner) Obituary and Family Listing CARROTHERS, Ethet (BARNER) Ethel (Barner) Carrothers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Barner, was born July 21, 1891 near Belle Plaine, Kansas and died Thursday Nov. 8 1956 at her home. Ethel grew up in the Palestine community, joining the Palestine Methodist Church, later transferring her membership to the Belle Plaine Methodist Church. She lived near Belle Plaine until going to Winfield where she took up her profession. She moved back to Belle Plaine six years ago purchasing her own beauty shop, where she remained active until the time of her death. She was preceded in death by both of her parents, a sister Mertie Barner, a brother, Ray J. Barner; and one grandson, Dana Bruce Trent. She leaves to mourn her passing, her daughter, Dorothy Carrothers Trent; one granddaughter, Karen; one sister, Mrs. Florence Scott; one brother, Bert Barner; all of Belle Plaine, several nieces, nephews, cousins and hosts of friends. (The Belle Plaine News, Thursday, Nov. 15, 1956, submitted by Nancy Willis - Sumner County Genealogy Trails) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27006294/ethel_carrothers