The Shemwell Family

Teddy Curtis WillisAge: 53 years19221975

Name
Teddy Curtis Willis
Given names
Teddy Curtis
Surname
Willis
Birth March 26, 1922 24 21
Death of a motherIna Driskill
March 14, 1927 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 7 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 5, 1930 (Age 8 years)
Census April 24, 1940 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 19 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 paternal grandmotherNancy Bell Christian
June 16, 1946 (Age 24 years)
Census April 17, 1950 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 27 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 maternal grandfatherElvis Hayes Driskill
September 22, 1960 (Age 38 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherAlma Boley
August 10, 1968 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 23 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 August 11, 1975 (Age 53 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Highland Memory Gardens
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father
mother
Marriage: February 25, 1917Todd, Kentucky, United States
11 months
elder brother
William Douglas “W. D.” Willis
Birth: January 22, 1918 20 17Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 11, 1982Seminole, Florida, United States
2 years
elder brother
James Elvis Willis
Birth: April 16, 1920 22 20Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 1, 1921Warren, Kentucky, United States
23 months
himself
Teddy Curtis Willis
Birth: March 26, 1922 24 21Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 11, 1975Longwood, Seminole, Florida, United States
Father’s family with Ruby Goodbread - View this family
father
step-mother
Ruby Goodbread
Birth: September 2, 1908Warren, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 18, 1992Williamson, Tennessee, United States
half-sister
Private
Family with Opal Josephine Curry - View this family
himself
Teddy Curtis Willis
Birth: March 26, 1922 24 21Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 11, 1975Longwood, Seminole, Florida, United States
wife
Opal Josephine Curry
Birth: December 3, 1924Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States
Death: August 30, 1992Seminole, Florida, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private
daughter
Private

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Bradley “Willie” Willis - Household

1358 Oliver Ave Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Willis, BradleyheadMW32M19KYKYKYSteel CleanerMachine Shop
Willis, RubywifeFW31M19KYKYKY? WorkerAuto Shop
Willis, DouglassonMW12SKYKYKY
Willis, CurtissonMW8SKYKYKY