The Shemwell Family

Willer R Holland1901

Name
Willer R Holland
Given names
Willer R
Surname
Holland
Birth about 1901 43 40
Death of a paternal grandfatherHenry Ward Holland
July 30, 1909 (Age 8 years)
Census April 19, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Haseltine Parker
April 1, 1918 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 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 17 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 fatherWilliam L Holland
February 7, 1920 (Age 19 years)
Cause: Abcess of brain
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 brotherCharles Henry “Charlie” Holland
February 14, 1944 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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
Death of a motherMattie Emma Moore
November 23, 1949 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 49 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 brotherOscar Pleas Holland
June 2, 1970 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 of a sisterMattie Emma Holland
May 16, 1989 (Age 88 years)
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Marriage: October 10, 1878Benton, Arkansas, United States
4 years
elder brother
11 years
elder brother
Charles Henry “Charlie” Holland
Birth: October 5, 1893 36 33Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Death: February 14, 1944Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
4 years
elder sister
Mattie Emma Holland
Birth: August 25, 1897 40 37Red River, Texas, United States
Death: May 16, 1989Red River, Texas, United States
4 years
himself

Willer R Holland has 28 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William L Holland - Household

Lamar, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Holland, W LheadMW52M132MOKYTNFarmerHome Farm
Holland, Mattie EwifeFW52M13264MOMOMOFarm LaborerHome Farm
Holland, Charlie HsonMW16STXMOMOFarm LaborerHome Farm
Holland, Mattie EdaughterFW12STXMOMOFarm LaborerHome Farm
Holland, Willer RMW9STXMOMOFarm LaborerHome Farm