The Shemwell Family

Eugene Firth GolightlyAge: 61 years19171978

Name
Eugene Firth Golightly
Given names
Eugene Firth
Surname
Golightly
Birth March 26, 1917
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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 9 months)

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 12 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 16, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1
William Howard Golightly
December 24, 1941 (Age 24 years)
Death of a sonWilliam Howard Golightly
December 25, 1941 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Eddie Vernon Golightly
November 5, 1943 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 3, 1950 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 32 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 28 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 November 3, 1978 (Age 61 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Barlow Cemetery
Family with Lura Mae Harris - View this family
himself
Eugene Firth Golightly
Birth: March 26, 1917Ballard, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 3, 1978Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
wife
daughter
Private
son
William Howard Golightly
Birth: December 24, 1941 24 19Ballard, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 25, 1941Ballard, Kentucky, United States
22 months
son
Eddie Vernon Golightly
Birth: November 5, 1943 26 21Ballard, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 15, 2004East Prairie, Mississippi, Missouri, United States
son
Private
daughter
Private
Private + Lura Mae Harris - View this family
wife’s husband
Private
wife

No family available

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Eugene Firth Golightly - Household

La Center & Oscar Road Ballard, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Golightly, EugeneXheadMW23MKYRBallardKYFarm LaborerFarm
Golightly, Lura MwifeFW17MKYRBallardKY
Harris, Pearlmother in lawFW53WdKYRBallardKY