The Shemwell Family

China Mahrie StewardAge: 78 years19031982

Name
China Mahrie Steward
Given names
China Mahrie
Surname
Steward
Married name
China Mahrie Shaw
Birth June 22, 1903 30 27
Birth of a sisterMyrtle Almira Steward
January 18, 1907 (Age 3 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherHenry Ward Holland
July 30, 1909 (Age 6 years)
Census April 30, 1910 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterChloia Irene Steward
December 30, 1915 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 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 maternal grandmotherElizabeth Haseltine Parker
April 1, 1918 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 13 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 14 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 February 25, 1920 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Billie Mahrie Shaw
March 30, 1925 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Larl Clinton “Bub” Shaw
January 14, 1927 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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 2, 1940 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 46 years)
Death of a brotherChester Clinton Steward
May 2, 1952 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 46 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 fatherRichard Alva “Alvy” Steward
May 22, 1963 (Age 59 years)
Death of a motherSophia Ann Holland
September 7, 1964 (Age 61 years)
Death of a sisterMyrtle Almira Steward
April 18, 1968 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 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 husbandWilliam Barley Shaw
November 1976 (Age 73 years)
Death January 12, 1982 (Age 78 years)
Burialunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: April 16, 1893Benton, Arkansas, United States
11 months
elder brother
Chester Clinton Steward
Birth: March 16, 1894 20 18Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 2, 1952Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
4 years
elder sister
Liddie Elizabeth “Lizzie” Steward
Birth: September 7, 1897 24 22Centerton, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 20, 1993Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
elder sister
17 months
elder sister
Mildred Leona “Blondie” Steward
Birth: July 15, 1901 28 25Anderson, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 13, 1993Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
23 months
herself
China Mahrie Steward
Birth: June 22, 1903 30 27Vaughn, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 12, 1982Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States
4 years
younger sister
Myrtle Almira Steward
Birth: January 18, 1907 33 31Caney, Montgomery, Kansas, United States
Death: April 18, 1968Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
9 years
younger sister
Chloia Irene Steward
Birth: December 30, 1915 42 40Oklahoma, United States
Death: May 25, 1991Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Family with William Barley Shaw - View this family
husband
William Barley Shaw
Birth: March 19, 1896Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: November 1976Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States
herself
China Mahrie Steward
Birth: June 22, 1903 30 27Vaughn, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 12, 1982Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States
daughter
Billie Mahrie Shaw
Birth: March 30, 1925 29 21Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 16, 1988Dade, Florida, United States
22 months
son
Larl Clinton “Bub” Shaw
Birth: January 14, 1927 30 23St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Death: January 2, 2022Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
daughter
Private

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Richard Alva “Alvy” Steward - Household

914 E. Fifth St. Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Steward, AlvaheadMW37M17ARUSUSRebiterBoiler Shop
Steward, SofawifeFW34M1776ARMOMO
Steward, Chester CsonMW16SARARAR
Steward, LizziedaughterFW12SARARAR
Steward, GertiedaughterFW10SARARAR
Steward, LeonadaughterFW8SARARAR
Steward, ChinadaughterFW6SARARAR
Steward, MyrtledaughterFW3SKSARAR
Fine, ClintonnephewMW18SMOLaborerStreet Car
Holland, Lewis Tbrother in lawMW44M19ARMOMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Richard Alva “Alvy” Steward - Household

Lynn Lane, Tulsa, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Steward, Richard AheadMW37MARININFarmerFruit
Steward, SophiawifeFW45MARMOMO
Steward, LeonadaughterFW17SARARAR
Steward, ChinadaughterFW15SARARAR
Steward, MyrtledaughterFW13SKSARAR
Steward, IrenedaughterFW4SOKARAR