The Shemwell Family

Charles Edward WilliamsAge: 83 years18731957

Name
Charles Edward Williams
Given names
Charles Edward
Surname
Williams
Birth November 10, 1873 26 21
Birth of a brotherJames Andrew Williams
December 3, 1875 (Age 2 years)
Death of a brotherJames Andrew Williams
July 19, 1876 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterLaura May Williams
April 2, 1878 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a sisterLaura May Williams
October 26, 1879 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterNancy Jane “Nannie” Williams
February 20, 1880 (Age 6 years)
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Adalline “Addie” Williams
January 8, 1882 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterCharity Isabelle “Belle” Williams
April 14, 1884 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah Edith “Sadie” Williams
August 16, 1886 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert L Williams
August 21, 1894 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a brotherHerbert Holland Williams
April 21, 1898 (Age 24 years)
Associate: Holbert Thomas Williams
Birth of a brotherHolbert Thomas Williams
April 21, 1898 (Age 24 years)
Associate: Herbert Holland Williams
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherAlexander Thompson
April 10, 1903 (Age 29 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherOrva Adaline Holland
March 29, 1909 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 42 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 43 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 44 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/
Death of a fatherJames Robert Williams
January 16, 1929 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 55 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
Death of a motherMalinda Jane Thompson
August 29, 1933 (Age 59 years)
Death of a brotherRobert L Williams
July 1, 1942 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 68 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 76 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 72 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 July 21, 1957 (Age 83 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: January 26, 1873Newton, Missouri, United States
9 months
himself
Charles Edward Williams
Birth: November 10, 1873 26 21Swars Prairie, Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: July 21, 1957Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
younger brother
James Andrew Williams
Birth: December 3, 1875 28 23Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: July 19, 1876Newton, Missouri, United States
2 years
younger sister
Laura May Williams
Birth: April 2, 1878 30 25Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: October 26, 1879Newton, Missouri, United States
23 months
younger sister
Nancy Jane “Nannie” Williams
Birth: February 20, 1880 32 27Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: March 27, 1968Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States
23 months
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
Sarah Edith “Sadie” Williams
Birth: August 16, 1886 39 33Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: December 8, 1959Jasper, Missouri, United States
8 years
younger brother
Robert L Williams
Birth: August 21, 1894 47 41Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: July 1, 1942Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States
4 years
younger brother
Herbert Holland Williams
Birth: April 21, 1898 50 45Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: August 20, 1990Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
younger brother
Holbert Thomas Williams
Birth: April 21, 1898 50 45Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: January 3, 1982Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - James Robert Williams - Household

Buffalo, Newton, Missouri

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Williams, James RWM32headMFarmerMOTNTN
Williams, Malinda JWF27wifeMHousekeeperMOKYKY
Williams, Charles EWM6sonSMOMOMO
Williams, Nannie JWF3mMardaughterSMOMOMO