The Shemwell Family

Cleo Mae RichardsonAge: 93 years19092003

Name
Cleo Mae Richardson
Given names
Cleo Mae
Surname
Richardson
Married name
Cleo Mae Ketcham
Birth April 6, 1909 23 21
Birth of a brotherKenneth Robert Richardson
June 10, 1912 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherDarwin Russell Richardson
September 7, 1914 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherMarvin Ralph Richardson
April 14, 1916 (Age 7 years)
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/
Birth of a sisterMary Jane Richardson
October 27, 1919 (Age 10 years)
Census January 15, 1920 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherCharles Ray Richardson
October 10, 1922 (Age 13 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
MarriageEdward Kipp KetchamView this family
about 1932 (Age 22 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Carol Ketcham
July 6, 1933 (Age 24 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherHiriam Breckenridge Richardson
December 9, 1933 (Age 24 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Elizabeth Shemwell
October 10, 1942 (Age 33 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
Death of a fatherGeorge Russell “Shorty” Richardson
November 8, 1948 (Age 39 years)
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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Kipp Alan Rogers
October 31, 1957 (Age 48 years)
Death of a motherLillian Maud Kennedy
June 6, 1974 (Age 65 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 brotherCharles Ray Richardson
February 9, 1990 (Age 80 years)
Death of a grandsonKipp Alan Rogers
May 26, 1990 (Age 81 years)
Death of a brotherKenneth Robert Richardson
June 27, 1990 (Age 81 years)
Death of a brotherMarvin Ralph Richardson
September 6, 1990 (Age 81 years)

Death of a husbandEdward Kipp Ketcham
June 5, 1995 (Age 86 years)
Death of a brotherDarwin Russell Richardson
September 9, 2000 (Age 91 years)
Death March 14, 2003 (Age 93 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Prairie Lawn Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 20, 1904Oklahoma, United States
4 years
herself
Cleo Mae Richardson
Birth: April 6, 1909 23 21Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 14, 2003Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
younger brother
Kenneth Robert Richardson
Birth: June 10, 1912 26 24Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
Death: June 27, 1990Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
younger brother
Darwin Russell Richardson
Birth: September 7, 1914 28 26Noble, Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 9, 2000Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States
19 months
younger brother
4 years
younger sister
Mary Jane Richardson
Birth: October 27, 1919 33 32Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 24, 2024Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
younger brother
Charles Ray Richardson
Birth: October 10, 1922 36 34Noble, Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 9, 1990Rialto, San Bernardino, California, United States
Family with Edward Kipp Ketcham - View this family
husband
Edward Kipp Ketcham
Birth: September 6, 1908Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: June 5, 1995Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
herself
Cleo Mae Richardson
Birth: April 6, 1909 23 21Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 14, 2003Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: about 1932
18 months
daughter
Carol Ketcham
Birth: July 6, 1933 24 24Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 23, 2022Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - George Russell “Shorty” Richardson - Household

Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Richardson, G RheadMW34MMOKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Richardson, MaudewifeFW32MOKARMO
Richardson, CleodaughterFW10SOKMOOK
Richardson, KennethsonMW7SOKMOOK
Richardson, DarwinsonMW5SOKMOOK
Richardson, MarvinsonMW3SOKMOOK
Richardson, Mary JanedaughterFW2mSOKMOOK