The Shemwell Family

Lydia L C PeeryAge: 83 years19162000

Name
Lydia L C Peery
Given names
Lydia L C
Surname
Peery
Married name
Lydia L C Underwood
Birth October 12, 1916
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 2 months)

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 14 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
Birth of a son
#1
Willis Fleet Underwood
June 27, 1933 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Rebecca P Underwood
August 25, 1935 (Age 18 years)
Census April 3, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#3
William Hoyt Underwood
July 2, 1943 (Age 26 years)
Death of a sonWilliam Hoyt Underwood
July 11, 1943 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 son
#4
Larry Wayne Underwood
December 30, 1946 (Age 30 years)
Census May 2, 1950 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 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 husbandWillis Burrow Underwood
August 1957 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 childEdwin August DoehringRebecca P UnderwoodView this family
1975 (Age 58 years)
Death of a sonWillis Fleet Underwood
August 18, 1983 (Age 66 years)
Death June 14, 2000 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens
Family with Willis Burrow Underwood - View this family
husband
herself
son
Willis Fleet Underwood
Birth: June 27, 1933 31 16Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 18, 1983Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States
2 years
daughter
8 years
son
William Hoyt Underwood
Birth: July 2, 1943 41 26Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 11, 1943Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
4 years
son
Larry Wayne Underwood
Birth: December 30, 1946 45 30Michigan, United States
Death: July 4, 2017Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
daughter
Private

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Willis Burrow Underwood - Household

1007 W. Depot Paris, Henry, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Underwood, Willis BXheadMW38MTNRHenryTNLaborerR & N ?? Co.
Underwood, Lydia L CwifeFW23MKYRHenryTNMachine OperatorShirt Factory
Underwood, Willis FsonMW6MTNRHenryTN
Underwood, Rebecca PdaughterFW4MTNRHenryTN

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Willis Burrow Underwood - Household

11830 PArk Grove Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Underwood, Willis BheadMW47MarTNTrucking Dept.Rubber Co.
Underwood, LydiawifeFW33MarKYCleaning WomanDoctors Office
Underwood, Willis FsonMW16NevTN
Underwood, RebeccadaughterFW14NevTN
Underwood, WaynesonMW3NevMI