The Shemwell Family

Norma Maurine YoungbloodAge: 92 years19082001

Name
Norma Maurine Youngblood
Given names
Norma Maurine
Surname
Youngblood
Married name
Norma Maurine Smith
Birth March 21, 1908 24 23
Census May 2, 1910 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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 13, 1920 (Age 11 years)
Marriage of a parentJesse L CrouseCharity Isabelle “Belle” WilliamsView this family
between 1925 and 1930 (Age 16 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Robert Williams
January 16, 1929 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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 24, 1930 (Age 22 years)
Death of a fatherJames Luther Youngblood
August 24, 1931 (Age 23 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMalinda Jane Thompson
August 29, 1933 (Age 25 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 6, 1950 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 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 husbandLogan Victor Smith
November 19, 1961 (Age 53 years)
Death of a motherCharity Isabelle “Belle” Williams
June 19, 1974 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 February 20, 2001 (Age 92 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
James Luther Youngblood
Birth: April 14, 1883Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 24, 1931Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States
mother
Marriage: September 25, 1904Neosho, Newton, Missouri, United States
Divorce: before 1920
4 years
herself
Mother’s family with Jesse L Crouse - View this family
step-father
Jesse L Crouse
Birth: November 17, 1877Greene, Missouri, United States
Death: August 13, 1945Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States
mother
Marriage: between 1925 and 1930
Family with Logan Victor Smith - View this family
husband
Logan Victor Smith
Birth: February 22, 1892Albany, Gentry, Missouri, United States
Death: November 19, 1961Neosho, Newton, Missouri, United States
herself
daughter
Private
Logan Victor Smith + … … - View this family
husband
Logan Victor Smith
Birth: February 22, 1892Albany, Gentry, Missouri, United States
Death: November 19, 1961Neosho, Newton, Missouri, United States
step-son
Private

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Robert Williams - Household

Buffalo, Newton, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Williams, James RheadMW62M136MOTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Williams, Malinda JwifeFW57M136108MOKYKY
Williams, Sadie EdaughterFW23SMOMOMO
Williams, Robert LsonMW15SMOMOMOLaborerHome Farm
Williams, Herbert HsonMW11SMOMOMOLaborerHome Farm
Williams, ThomassonMW11SMOMOMOLaborerHome Farm
Youngblood, Charity BdaughterFW26M1511MOMOMO
Youngblood, Norma Mgrand daughterFW2SMOARMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charity Isabelle “Belle” Williams - Household

Oneida Street Seneca, Newton, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Youngblood, BelleheadFW35DMOMOMO
Youngblood, Norma MdaughterFW11SMOMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Logan Victor Smith - Household

Seneca, Newton, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Smith, Logan VheadMW39M36MOUnknownUnknownPrinterNews Paper
Smith, Norma MwifeFW22M18MOUnknownMO