The Shemwell Family

Dimple Ethel Selby1905

Name
Dimple Ethel Selby
Given names
Dimple Ethel
Surname
Selby
Birth March 27, 1905 50 36
Census April 29, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Death of a half-sisterSarah J Selby
December 8, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Death of a sisterAmanda Selby
after 1910 (Age 4 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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 fatherBenjamin Franklin Selby
March 17, 1919 (Age 13 years)
Census January 7, 1920 (Age 14 years)
Death of a half-brotherWilliam Lee Selby
January 18, 1925 (Age 19 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
Census April 16, 1930 (Age 25 years)
Death of a motherSarah “Sallie” Fisk
April 16, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Census May 2, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 half-sisterMary Angela Selby
1950 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 44 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 brotherFred Stanley Selby
September 24, 1962 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 sisterPolly Selby
December 21, 1979 (Age 74 years)
Death of a sisterGussie Frances Selby
February 4, 1982 (Age 76 years)
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 13, 1891White, Tennessee, United States
11 months
elder brother
Fred Stanley Selby
Birth: May 24, 1892 38 23Tennessee, United States
Death: September 24, 1962Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
6 years
elder sister
Polly Selby
Birth: December 16, 1897 43 29Tennessee, United States
Death: December 21, 1979Smithville, Dekalb, Tennessee, United States
22 months
elder sister
Amanda Selby
Birth: October 1899 45 31Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
Death: after 1910
2 years
elder sister
Gussie Frances Selby
Birth: November 27, 1901 47 33Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 4, 1982Tennessee, United States
3 years
herself
Dimple Ethel Selby
Birth: March 27, 1905 50 36Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
Death:
Father’s family with Elizabeth Ann Sherrill - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: about 1870
2 years
half-sister
Mary Angela Selby
Birth: February 1872 17 15Tennessee, United States
Death: 1950Hardee, Florida, United States
23 months
half-brother
Jesse F Selby
Birth: about 1873 18 16Tennessee, United States
Death: May 17, 1900Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
2 years
half-sister
Sarah J Selby
Birth: March 27, 1875 20 18Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 8, 1910Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States
4 years
half-brother
Sein C Selby
Birth: about 1878 23 21Putnam, Tennessee, United States
Death:
5 years
half-brother

Dimple Ethel Selby has 35 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Selby - Household

Sparta, White, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Selby, Benjamin FheadMW56M219TNTNTNSawyerLumber Mill
Selby, SalliewifeFW40M21975TNTNTN
Selby, FredsonMW18STNTNTNPrinterPrinting Office
Selby, PollydaughterFW13STNTNTN
Selby, AmandadaughterFW11STNTNTN
Selby, GussiedaughterFW8STNTNTN
Selby, EtheldaughterFW5STNTNTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Sarah “Sallie” Fisk - Household

Perrigo Shuttle Mill Yard Sparta, White, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Selby, SallieheadFW51WdTNTNTNDress MakerAt Home
Selby, Fred SsonMW27STNTNTNPrinterCounty News Paper
Selby, PollydaughterFW22STNTNTNWaiterHotel
Selby, GussiedaughterFW18STNTNTN
Selby, Drem??daughterFW15STNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Sarah “Sallie” Fisk - Household

425 West Side R. R. track East Sparta Sparta, White, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Selby, SallieheadFW61Wd23TNTNTN
Selby, FredsonMW35STNTNTNPrinterPrint Office
Selby, Dotursly?daughterFW25STNTNTNHelperPrinting Office

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Fred Stanley Selby - Household

East Sparta Sparta, White, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Selby, FredheadMW40STNSame HouseLine Type OperatorBrowa? Paper
Selby, Dimpleyounger sisterFW30STNSame House
Selby, SalliemotherFW71WdTNSame HouseDied April 12