The Shemwell Family

LeRoy Simon DykeAge: 50 years18921942

Name
LeRoy Simon Dyke
Given names
LeRoy Simon
Surname
Dyke
Birth March 15, 1892 24 19
Birth of a sisterEthel Octava Dyke
April 21, 1895 (Age 3 years)
Death of a sisterEthel Octava Dyke
1895 (Age 2 years)
Census 1895 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 6 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Birth of a brotherWalter Paul Dyke
January 12, 1900 (Age 7 years)
Census June 12, 1900 (Age 8 years)
Death of a motherEstella Octava Woodrum
July 28, 1901 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherSimon Dyke
July 1, 1903 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMargaret Prudence “Amanda” Baxter
June 30, 1905 (Age 13 years)
Census April 22, 1910 (Age 18 years)
MarriageMaggie Muriel TimsonView this family
January 16, 1912 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mabel Lucille Dyke
November 4, 1912 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Ferne Ruth Dyke
August 21, 1914 (Age 22 years)
Census 1915 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Malcolm Dyke
June 21, 1916 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 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 24 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 25 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 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Jayne Stella Dyke
July 13, 1920 (Age 28 years)
Census 1925 (Age 32 years)
Death of a brotherWalter Paul Dyke
December 2, 1927 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Betty Jean Dyke
March 30, 1929 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 37 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 30, 1930 (Age 38 years)
Death of a sisterBertha Luella Dyke
April 16, 1931 (Age 39 years)
Census April 15, 1940 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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 October 31, 1942 (Age 50 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 25, 1886Fremont, Iowa, United States
7 months
elder sister
Bertha Luella Dyke
Birth: April 5, 1887 19 14Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: April 16, 1931Tabor, Mills, Iowa, United States
2 years
elder brother
3 years
himself
3 years
younger sister
Ethel Octava Dyke
Birth: April 21, 1895 27 22Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: 1895Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States
5 years
younger brother
Walter Paul Dyke
Birth: January 12, 1900 32 27Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: December 2, 1927Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
Family with Maggie Muriel Timson - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: January 16, 1912Fremont, Iowa, United States
10 months
daughter
Mabel Lucille Dyke
Birth: November 4, 1912 20 18Tabor, Mills, Iowa, United States
Death: before August 17, 1967Arizona, United States
22 months
daughter
Ferne Ruth Dyke
Birth: August 21, 1914 22 20Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: July 15, 1975Iowa, United States
22 months
son
Malcolm Dyke
Birth: June 21, 1916 24 22Montana, United States
Death: January 5, 2008Decatur, Iowa, United States
4 years
daughter
Jayne Stella Dyke
Birth: July 13, 1920 28 26White Cloud, Mills, Iowa, United States
Death: July 13, 1987Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States
9 years
daughter
Betty Jean Dyke
Birth: March 30, 1929 37 35Malvern, Mills, Iowa, United States
Death: April 10, 2000Grand River, Decatur, Iowa, United States

LeRoy Simon Dyke has 12 first cousins recorded

CensusIowa State - Census transcript - William Burrell Dyke - Household

Mills, Iowa, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Dyke, William BerlheadMW27MIAFarming
Dyke, Estella OwifeFW23MIA
Dyke, BerthadaughterFW7SIA
Dyke, EarlsonMW4SIA
Dyke, RoysonMW2SIA

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William Burrell Dyke - Household

Green, Fremont, Iowa, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Dike, BurrellheadWMJun186633M13IANYINFarm Laborer0YesYesYesRH
Dike, EstellawifeWFSep187128M1354IAINMOYesYesYes
Dike, BerthadaughterWFApr188712SIAIAIAAt School7
Dike, EarlsonWMJul18909SIAIAIA
Dike, RaysonWMMar18928SIAIAIA
Dike, WaltersonWMJan19000 years 4 monthsSIAIAIA

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - LeRoy Simon Dyke - Household

Green, Fremont, Iowa, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Dyke, Roy Shired manMW18SIAIAIAEnglishFarm LaborerWorking OutWNo0YesYesNo

CensusIowa State - Census transcript - LeRoy Simon Dyke - Household

Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Dyke, R SheadMW23MIAFarmer

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - LeRoy Simon Dyke - Household

White Cloud, Mills, Iowa, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Dyke, Roy SheadRMW27MYesYesIAIAIAYesFarmerGeneral FarmEM
Dyke, Maggie MwifeFW26MYesYesIAIAIAYesNone
Dyke, Mable MdaughterFW7SYesYesYesIAIAIANone
Dyke, Fern RdaughterFW5SYesYesYesIAIAIANone
Dyke, MalcolmsonMW3SMTIAIANone

CensusKansas State - Census transcript - LeRoy Simon Dyke - Household

Mills, Iowa, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Dyke, RoyheadMW32MIA
Timson, MurielwifeFW31MIA
Dyke, Mabel LdaughterFW12SIA
Dyke, Fern RdaughterFW10SIA
Dyke, MalcolmsonMW8SMT
Dyke, Stella JanedaughterFW4SIA

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Burrell Dyke - Household

White Cloud, Mills, Iowa, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Dyke, LeRoy SheadRRYesMW38M19NoYesIAIAIAYesFarmerGeneral FarmEYes
Dyke, MurielwifeFW36M18NoYesIAIAIAYesNone
Dyke, MabledaughterFW17SYesYesIAIAIAYesNone
Dyke, FerndaughterFW15SYesYesIAIAIAYesNone
Dyke, MalcolmsonMW13SYesYesMOIAIAYesNone
Dyke, Stella JanedaughterFW9SYesIAIAIANone
Dyke, Betty JeandaughterFW1 years 9 monthsSNoIAIAIANone
Dyke, William BfatherMW64WdNoYesIANYUnited StatesYesFarm LaborerGeneral FarmWYes

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - LeRoy Simon Dyke - Household

Union, Ringgold, Iowa, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Dyke, Roy SxheadO1000YesMW48MNoIAFarmerAgr FarmerOA52
Dyke, Muriel MwifeFW46MNoIA
Dyke, Betty JeandaughterFW11SYesIA

Name
Malcolm Dyke Obituary and Family Listing DEATH NOTICE: The Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Iowa January 16, 2008 DYKE, Malcolm, 91, died January 5, 2008 at the Clearview Care Center in Mt. Ayr, Iowa. Per his wishes, Malcolm was cremated. Family and friends gathered at Kale Funeral Home in Osceola January 9 for a time of remembrance. Obituary: The Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Iowa January 16, 2008 MALCOLM DYKE ... Malcolm Dyke, son of Roy Simon and Maggie Muriel [Timson] Dyke, was born June 21, 1916 in Kolin, Judith Basin, Montana. He passed from this life on January 5, 2008 at the Clearview Care Center in Mt. Ayr, Iowa at the age of 91 years. Malcolm grew up in Montana and Southwest Iowa. He moved to California in the mid 30's and later moved to Denver, Colorado where he worked for a landscaping company. He met Hattie Mae Barnwell, and they were united in marriage on April. 20, 1940 in Edgewater, Colorado. They returned to the family farm in 1941 when Malcolm's father became ill with cancer. They remained on the farm after his father passed away. In the early 1950s they sold the farm and purchased a tavern in Ellston, Iowa, "Dyke's Tavern". They ran the tavern until the 1960's when they sold it and purchased a fiberglass manufacturing plant near Mason City, Iowa. In the 1970s they moved to Georgia and built a home and raised cattle. After Hattie's death in 1987, Malcolm returned to Iowa and built a cabin on Sun Lake near Ellston. Needing more room for his equipment and machinery, Malcolm purchased a 90 acre farm near Grand River where he remained very active, keeping his many tractors and other equipment running. Malcolm met a special lady, Alma Selsor, and they went everywhere together. They were constant companions and very devoted to each other. Malcolm was always busy on the farm until January of 2007 when, because of a stroke he went to live at Clearview Care Center in Mt. Ayr. Preceding him in death were his parents, wife Hattie; sisters, Mabel Lucille Aldridge, Fern Ruth Fleer, Estelle Jane Fitzsimons, and Betty Jean Marchant. He leaves to cherish his memory, special love, Alma Selsor of Thayer; nephew, Darryl Fleer and wife Sue of Colorado Springs, Colorado; niece, Jean Munger of Omaha, Nebraska; niece, Beth Ann Bruns of Spencer, Oklahoma; nephew, Bruce Marchant of Idaho; other relatives and many friends. Interment records at Forrest Cemetery indicates burial April 23, 2008 in section 6 where Hattie was laid to rest in 1987. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194619246/malcolm-dyke
Name
Mabel Lucille Dykes Obituary and Family Listing Omaha World Herald 8/17/1967 ALDRICH=—Mabel Louise. Tucson, Ariz. Survived by 2 daughters, Mrs. Joan Straight, Red Oak. Ia.; Mrs. Donna Longmeyer. Missouri Valley, la.; mother, Muriel Dyke. Glen- wood, Ia.; brothel, Malcolm Dyke, Mason City, 1a.; 3 sisters, Mrs. Joane Fitzsimmons and Mrs. Ferne Roland, Tucson, Ariz.; Mrs. Betty Marchant, Omaha. Funeral services Saturday 2 p. m. from the Peterson Mortuary, Glen- wood, Ia. Interment Tabor, Ia. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7341342/mable-lucille-johnson_aldrich