The Shemwell Family

Dorothy Lucile HarrisAge: 67 years19091976

Name
Dorothy Lucile Harris
Given names
Dorothy Lucile
Surname
Harris
Married name
Dorothy Lucile Sharp
Birth February 11, 1909 26 22
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 14 months)
Birth of a brotherShelby Curtis Harris
October 5, 1911 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterGeorgia Marie Harris
January 31, 1915 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherRaleigh Edward Harris
July 30, 1918 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 7 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 8 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 6, 1920 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Lee Harris
March 4, 1922 (Age 13 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherIra Loomis Harris
March 1, 1924 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a brotherMarion Cuba Harris
August 9, 1928 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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 May 7, 1930 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Helen Joyce Sharp
June 13, 1938 (Age 29 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 41 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 40 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 motherEmma Henshaw
February 1955 (Age 45 years)
Death of a fatherGeorge Lee Harris
March 11, 1962 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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
Marriage of a childFrank John AndrojnaHelen Joyce SharpView this family
about 1975 (Age 65 years)

Death April 29, 1976 (Age 67 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lincoln Memory Gardens
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 25, 1907Shawneetown, Gallatin, Illinois, United States
14 months
herself
Dorothy Lucile Harris
Birth: February 11, 1909 26 22Kentucky, United States
Death: April 29, 1976Danville, Hendricks, Indiana, United States
3 years
younger brother
Shelby Curtis Harris
Birth: October 5, 1911 28 24Union, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 18, 1993Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
3 years
younger sister
4 years
younger brother
Raleigh Edward Harris
Birth: July 30, 1918 35 31Henshaw, Union, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 27, 1995Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
4 years
younger brother
William Lee Harris
Birth: March 4, 1922 39 35Morganfield, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 8, 2001Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
6 years
younger brother
Marion Cuba Harris
Birth: August 9, 1928 45 41Union, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 19, 2005Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
Family with William Monroe Sharp - View this family
husband
William Monroe Sharp
Birth: August 28, 1910 34 27Illinois, United States
Death: October 15, 1980Danville, Hendricks, Indiana, United States
herself
Dorothy Lucile Harris
Birth: February 11, 1909 26 22Kentucky, United States
Death: April 29, 1976Danville, Hendricks, Indiana, United States
daughter
Helen Joyce Sharp
Birth: June 13, 1938 27 29Hendricks, Indiana, United States
Death: October 18, 2008Danville, Hendricks, Indiana, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private
daughter
Private

Dorothy Lucile Harris has 8 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - George Lee Harris - Household

Mount Olive Road Union, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Harris, eeLheadMW27M12KYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Harris, EmmawifeFW24M1211KYKYKY
Harris, Lucile DdaughterFW1SKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - George Lee Harris - Household

Sturgis and Shawneytom Road Raleigh, Union, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Harris, LeeheadMW37MKYKYKYFarmManager
Harris, EmmawifeFW31MKYKYKY
Harris, Lucile DdaughterFW10SKYKYKY
Harris, CurtissonMW8SKYKYKY
Harris, Georgia MdaughterFW4SKYKYKY
Harris, Raleigh EsonMW5mSKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - George Lee Harris - Household

Raleigh and Dekoven Road Raleigh, Union, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Harris, George LeeheadMW47M25KYKYKYFarmerFarm
Harris, EmmawifeFW43M23KYKYKY
Harris, LuciledaughterFW21SKYKYKYCookRestaurant
Harris, CurtissonMW18SKYKYKYLaborerRestaurant
Harris, Georgia MdaughterFW15SKYKYKY
Harris, Rollie EsonMW11SKYKYKY
Harris, William LeesonMW8SKYKYKY
Harris, Marion CsonMW1SKYKYKY