The Shemwell Family

Reba L KeebleAge: 74 years19021977

Name
Reba L Keeble
Given names
Reba L
Surname
Keeble
Married name
Reba L Daugherty
Married name
Reba L Jackson
Birth September 1, 1902
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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/
MarriageErnest DaughertyView this family
about 1923 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Virginia Claudine Daugherty
September 9, 1923 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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 12, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Census May 10, 1940 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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
Census April 13, 1950 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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 husbandErnest Daugherty
June 11, 1959 (Age 56 years)
Death of a daughterVirginia Claudine Daugherty
December 25, 1966 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 May 5, 1977 (Age 74 years)
Family with Ernest Daugherty - View this family
husband
Ernest Daugherty
Birth: July 11, 1885 22 17Texas, United States
Death: June 11, 1959Santa Cruz, California, United States
herself
Marriage: about 1923
8 months
daughter
Virginia Claudine Daugherty
Birth: September 9, 1923 38 21Kansas, United States
Death: December 25, 1966Alameda, California, United States
Family with Private - View this family
husband
Private
herself

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Ausburn Daugherty - Household

ED 7 Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Daugherty, WilliamheadO6000MW56SNoYesTXMOILYesAttorneyAt LawOYes
Daugherty, ErnestnephewMW43M36NoYesTXTXMSYesPainterHouseWYes
Daugherty, Reba DnieceFW27M29NoYesTNTNTNYesNone
Daugherty, Virginiagrand-nieceFW6SNoKSTXTNNone
Ryman, William HservantMW40SNoYesKSKSKSYesCookHotelWNo
Cline, EuniceservantFW45WdNoYesTXSCALYesHousekeeperPrivate FamilyWYes

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Ernest Daugherty - Household

316 1/2 Main Street Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Daugherty, ErnestheadMW53MTXSame PlacePainterPainting
Daugherty, RedawifeFW37MTNSame Place
Daugherty, VirginiadaughterFW16SKSSame Place

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Ernest Daugherty - Household

550 California Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Daugherty, ErnestheadMW63MarTXCashierAmusement Club
Daugherty, Reba LwifeFW47MarTNWaitressRestaurant