The Shemwell Family

Hilda P HarrisAge: 72 years19071980

Name
Hilda P Harris
Given names
Hilda P
Surname
Harris
Birth December 16, 1907 33 30
Census May 9, 1910 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam L Harris
October 8, 1910 (Age 2 years)
No Biological Children
No Known Biological Children

Note: 1940-50 Census records -b
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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 8, 1920 (Age 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherFannie Lee Hester
December 31, 1928 (Age 21 years)
Death of a fatherJames Elmer Harris
March 10, 1929 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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 27, 1940 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 42 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 motherDottie May Richmond
February 12, 1959 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 October 1980 (Age 72 years)
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father
James Elmer Harris
Birth: March 25, 1874 25 21Kentucky, United States
Death: March 10, 1929Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
mother
Dottie May Richmond
Birth: July 14, 1877Kentucky, United States
Death: February 12, 1959Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: 1898
5 years
elder sister
Mary Lucile Harris
Birth: September 24, 1902 28 25Kentucky, United States
Death: May 4, 1997Trenton, Gilchrist, Florida, United States
3 years
elder sister
Jamie Lee Harris
Birth: August 3, 1905 31 28Kentucky, United States
Death: June 27, 1995Somerville, Fayette, Tennessee, United States
2 years
herself
Hilda P Harris
Birth: December 16, 1907 33 30Kentucky, United States
Death: October 1980Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

Hilda P Harris has 1 first cousin recorded

Mother's family (0)

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Elmer Harris - Household

West Boggess, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Harris, James EheadMW36M12KYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Harris, Dottie MwifeFW32M1233KYKYKY
Harris, Mary LdaughterFW7SKYKYKY
Harris, Jamie LdaughterFW4SKYKYKY
Harris, Hilda PdaughterFW2SKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Elmer Harris - Household

507 6th Ave? Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Harris, ElmerheadMW44MKYKYKYSalesmanDepartment Store
Harris, MaiwifeFW42MKYKYKYShirt MakerWashington Mfg.
Harris, LuciledaughterFW17SKYKYKYSalesladyDepartment Store
Harris, JamiedaughterFW14SKYKYKY
Harris, HildadaughterFW13SKYKYKY
Harris, FanniemotherFW66WdKYKYKY
Harris, TimbrotherMW30SKYKYKYFloor WalkerKress Co.

No Biological Children
1940-50 Census records -b