The Shemwell Family

Robert Solomon BrewerAge: 96 years18821979

Name
Robert Solomon Brewer
Given names
Robert Solomon
Surname
Brewer
Birth October 11, 1882
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 33 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 34 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 35 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 46 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
MarriagePearl L CockrellView this family
after 1940 (Age 57 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 59 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 June 1, 1950 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 67 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 63 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 April 5, 1979 (Age 96 years)
Family with Pearl L Cockrell - View this family
himself
Robert Solomon Brewer
Birth: October 11, 1882Baxter, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 5, 1979Cedar Hill, Dallas, Texas, United States
wife
Marriage: after 1940
James Britian + Pearl L Cockrell - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
step-son
Private
Hugh Alexander Leonard Jr + Pearl L Cockrell - View this family
wife’s husband
Hugh Alexander Leonard Jr
Birth: October 23, 1909 27 16Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: August 28, 1999Payson, Gila, Arizona, United States
wife
Marriage: December 18, 1933Dallas, Texas, United States
Divorce: July 28, 1939Sevier, Arkansas, United States
13 months
step-daughter
Betty Ruth Leonard
Birth: January 22, 1935 25 33Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: July 25, 2016Florida, United States
3 years
step-son
Hugh Alexander Leonard III
Birth: August 13, 1937 27 36Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: October 30, 1971Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States

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Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Robert Solomon Brewer - Household

Dallas, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Brewer, Robert SheadMW67MarARCarpenterConstruction
Brewer, PearlwifeFW46MarTXFarm HelperFarm
Leonard, Bettystep daughterFW15NevTX
Leonard, Hughstep sonMW12NevTX