The Shemwell Family

James Earl Boots JrAge: 73 years19141988

Name
James Earl Boots Jr
Given names
James Earl
Surname
Boots
Name suffix
Jr
Birth December 20, 1914 22
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 months)

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 2 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 3 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 maternal grandfatherDr. Walter Blair Vaughan
September 24, 1923 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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 16, 1930 (Age 15 years)
MarriageGeraldine L DonnellyView this family
November 7, 1936 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 wifeGeraldine L Donnelly
May 6, 1957 (Age 42 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy Belle “Nannie” Dial
October 1, 1957 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 motherIvy Louise Vaughan
July 26, 1987 (Age 72 years)
Death May 2, 1988 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery
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father
mother
Ivy Louise Vaughan
Birth: 1892 33 27Texas, United States
Death: July 26, 1987Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
Marriage: about 1913
2 years
himself
James Earl Boots Jr
Birth: December 20, 1914 22Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: May 2, 1988Pinellas, Florida, United States
Family with Geraldine L Donnelly - View this family
himself
James Earl Boots Jr
Birth: December 20, 1914 22Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: May 2, 1988Pinellas, Florida, United States
wife
Geraldine L Donnelly
Birth: April 10, 1915Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: May 6, 1957Pasay, Manila, Philippines
Marriage: November 7, 1936Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Family with Georgie Ruth Myers - View this family
himself
James Earl Boots Jr
Birth: December 20, 1914 22Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: May 2, 1988Pinellas, Florida, United States
wife
Georgie Ruth Myers
Birth: November 9, 1923Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States
Death: February 23, 2003Montrose, Montrose, Colorado, United States
son
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son
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James Earl Boots Jr has 1 first cousin recorded

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Mother's family (1)

Parents Walter Dial Vaughan + Morine Mae Curtiss
1Private
Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Nancy Belle “Nannie” Dial - Household

5418Vanderbilt Avenue Dallas, Dallas, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Vaughan, Nancy BheadFW65Wd21TXTNTN
Boots, Ivy LdaughterFW37DTXVATX
Boots, Jamesgrand sonFW15STXNETX