The Shemwell Family

John Francis Buckley JrAge: 79 years18861966

Name
John Francis Buckley Jr
Given names
John Francis
Surname
Buckley
Name suffix
Jr
Birth January 10, 1886
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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
MarriageDaisy Lottie LawsonView this family
February 16, 1910 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Dudley Morrell Buckley
October 19, 1910 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 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 30 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 31 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 1, 1920 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 43 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
Marriage of a childDudley Morrell BuckleyRuth Carol TroutmanView this family
August 1940 (Age 54 years)
Note: US, Newspapers.com Marriage Index on Ancestry
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Camilla Buckley
June 19, 1946 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 63 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 wifeDaisy Lottie Lawson
1966 (on the date of death)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 59 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 1966 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Graceland Cemetery
Family with Daisy Lottie Lawson - View this family
himself
John Francis Buckley Jr
Birth: January 10, 1886Champaign, Illinois, United States
Death: 1966Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
wife
Daisy Lottie Lawson
Birth: 1889Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
Death: 1966Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Marriage: February 16, 1910Forrest, Livingston, Illinois, United States
8 months
son
Dudley Morrell Buckley
Birth: October 19, 1910 24 21Forrest, Livingston, Illinois, United States
Death: August 19, 1979Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John Francis Buckley Jr - Household

Forrest, Livingston, Illinois, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Buckley, John JrheadRMW34MYesYesMOPAPAYesConductorRail RoadW
Buckley, DaisywifeFW31MYesYesOHOHOJYesHouseworkGeneralOa
Buckley, DudleysonMW9SYesYesYesILMOOHYes