The Shemwell Family

Catherine Roberson SwaffordAge: 82 years19192002

Name
Catherine Roberson Swafford
Given names
Catherine Roberson
Surname
Swafford
Birth December 1, 1919 27 25
Birth of a brotherTollett James Swafford
December 27, 1923 (Age 4 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth Temperance Parham
September 26, 1926 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 9 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 4, 1930 (Age 10 years)
Death of a fatherThomas James Roberson Swafford
October 11, 1932 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 22 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Catherine Elizabeth Colvard
September 1946 (Age 26 years)
Census April 4, 1950 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 30 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 brotherTollett James Swafford
April 25, 1968 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 26 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 motherEulah Mae Tollett
December 16, 1986 (Age 67 years)
Death of a husbandMerriman Clark Colvard
August 17, 1987 (Age 67 years)
Death of a sisterVirginia Lee Swafford
April 28, 1988 (Age 68 years)
Death May 4, 2002 (Age 82 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: June 5, 1915Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
9 months
elder sister
Virginia Lee Swafford
Birth: March 6, 1916 24 22Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 28, 1988Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
Thomas James Swafford Jr
Birth: April 28, 1918 26 24Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 20, 1919Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
19 months
herself
Catherine Roberson Swafford
Birth: December 1, 1919 27 25Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 4, 2002Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger brother
Tollett James Swafford
Birth: December 27, 1923 31 29Tennessee, United States
Death: April 25, 1968Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
Family with Merriman Clark Colvard - View this family
husband
Merriman Clark Colvard
Birth: December 2, 1910Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 17, 1987Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
herself
Catherine Roberson Swafford
Birth: December 1, 1919 27 25Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 4, 2002Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
son
Private
daughter
son
Private

Catherine Roberson Swafford has 15 first cousins recorded

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas James Roberson Swafford - Household

Sequochia Ave Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Swafford, Thomas JheadMW38M23TNTNTNProprietorRestaurant
Swafford, Eulah MwifeFW36M21TNTNTN
Swafford, Virginia LdaughterFW14STNTNTN
Swafford, Katherine RdaughterFW10STNTNTN
Swafford, Tollett EsonMW6STNTNTN