The Shemwell Family

James Edward Brown1909

Name
James Edward Brown
Given names
James Edward
Surname
Brown
Birth July 8, 1909 29 29
Census April 25, 1910 (Age 9 months)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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 10, 1920 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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 14, 1930 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 40 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 brotherNoel Wayne Brown
March 3, 1959 (Age 49 years)

Death of a fatherJames Frank Brown
1961 (Age 51 years)

Death of a motherBarbara Agnes Holland
May 17, 1961 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 sisterLucile Brown
January 30, 1990 (Age 80 years)
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Barbara Agnes Holland
Birth: January 30, 1880 47 44Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: May 17, 1961Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States
elder brother
6 years
elder sister
Lucile Brown
Birth: April 17, 1906 26 26Clinton, DeWitt, Illinois, United States
Death: January 30, 1990Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States
3 years
elder brother
Claud Brown
Birth: about 1908 28 27DeWitt, Illinois, United States
Death:
18 months
himself
James Edward Brown
Birth: July 8, 1909 29 29Clinton, Illinois, United States
Death:
sister
Private

James Edward Brown has 13 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Frank Brown - Household

Harp, DeWitt, Illinois

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Brown, FrankheadMW29M110INUSUSLaborerFarm
Brown, BarbarawifeFW31M11044ILKYKY
Brown, NoelsonMW9SILINIL
Brown, LuciledaughterFW4SILINIL
Brown, ClaudsonMW2SILINIL
Brown, JamessonMW10mSILINIL