The Shemwell Family

Edna Tayes1897

Name
Edna Tayes
Given names
Edna
Surname
Tayes
Birth January 1897 31 30
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 months)
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
Birth of a sisterArizonia Tayes
June 10, 1899 (Age 2 years)
Census June 13, 1900 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterFannie Lou Tayes
1902 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherCalvin Lee Tayes
February 10, 1905 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterHattie E Tayes
about 1908 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMilly Ann Selby
January 31, 1912 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 32 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 motherRebecca J “Beckie” Wyatt
July 14, 1936 (Age 39 years)
Death of a sisterArizonia Tayes
January 20, 1940 (Age 43 years)
Death of a sisterAlice Ann Tayes
December 6, 1943 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 fatherEdward S “Edd” Tayes
December 20, 1951 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 53 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 brotherJessie Tays
December 3, 1959 (Age 62 years)
Death of a brotherHyder Samuel Tayes
April 1, 1970 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 brotherCalvin Lee Tayes
January 16, 1976 (Age 79 years)

Death of a sisterFannie Lou Tayes
May 26, 1979 (Age 82 years)

Deathunknown

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Henry Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1888
10 months
elder brother
Jessie Tays
Birth: October 25, 1888 23 22Monterey, Putnam, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 3, 1959Columbus, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States
1 year
elder sister
Alice Ann Tayes
Birth: October 27, 1889 24 23Monterey, Putnam, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 6, 1943Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
4 years
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
Hyder Samuel Tayes
Birth: December 4, 1895 30 29Putnam, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 1, 1970Monterey, Putnam, Tennessee, United States
14 months
herself
Edna Tayes
Birth: January 1897 31 30Tennessee, United States
Death:
2 years
younger sister
Arizonia Tayes
Birth: June 10, 1899 33 32Putnam, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 20, 1940Putnam, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger sister
Fannie Lou Tayes
Birth: 1902 36 35Tennessee, United States
Death: May 26, 1979
3 years
younger brother
Calvin Lee Tayes
Birth: February 10, 1905 39 38Tennessee, United States
Death: January 16, 1976
4 years
younger sister

Edna Tayes has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Edward S “Edd” Tayes - Household

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Tays, EdwardheadWMJul187029M12TNTNTNFarmer0NNYRF
Tays, RebeckywifeWFSept186633M1255TNTNTNNNY
Tays, JesseysonWMOct188712STNTNTNNNY
Tayes, AlicedaughterWFFeb18919STNTNTN
Tayes, ZadydaughterWFAug18936STNTNTN
Tayes, IdadaughterWFJan18973STNTNTN
Tayes, ArizonadaughterWFJun189911/12STNTNTN