The Shemwell Family

Jewell Gray RobbinsAge: 85 years19041989

Name
Jewell Gray Robbins
Given names
Jewell Gray
Surname
Robbins
Birth November 13, 1904 26 24
Birth of a brotherAustin Brock Robbins
March 14, 1907 (Age 2 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherHenry Ward Holland
July 30, 1909 (Age 4 years)
Census April 22, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterVesta Marie Robbins Robbins
April 18, 1912 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 13 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 12 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 13 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 January 27, 1920 (Age 15 years)
Death of a fatherJames Finley Robbins
February 15, 1923 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 45 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 motherJoesphine Franklin “Josie” Holland
August 18, 1966 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 brotherAustin Brock Robbins
May 19, 1979 (Age 74 years)
Death December 5, 1989 (Age 85 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: August 9, 1903Benton, Arkansas, United States
15 months
herself
Jewell Gray Robbins
Birth: November 13, 1904 26 24Mason Valley, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 5, 1989Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
younger brother
Austin Brock Robbins
Birth: March 14, 1907 29 27Arkansas, United States
Death: May 19, 1979Malheur, Oregon, United States
5 years
younger sister
Vesta Marie Robbins Robbins
Birth: April 18, 1912 34 32Highfill, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 7, 1997Owasso, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Jewell Gray Robbins has 29 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Finley Robbins - Household

Hoover, Benton, Arkansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Robbins, James FheadMW32M16ARARARFarmerHome Farm
Robbins, Josie FwifeFW30M1622ARARAR
Robbins, Jewell GdaughterFW6SARARAR
Robbins, Austin BsonMW3SARARAR

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Finley Robbins - Household

Mason Valley, Benton, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Robbins, James FheadMW42MARTNGAFarmerGeneral Farm
Robbins, Joesphine FwifeFW40MARKYTN
Robbins, Jewell GdaughterFW15SARARAR
Robbins, Austin BsonMW12SARARAR
Robbins, Vesta MdaughterFW7SARARAR