The Shemwell Family

Homa Lavila TaylorAge: 86 years19132000

Name
Homa Lavila Taylor
Given names
Homa Lavila
Surname
Taylor
Married name
Homa Lavila Lawson
Birth November 13, 1913 26 26
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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 28, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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 5, 1930 (Age 16 years)
MarriageCurtis William LawsonView this family
September 12, 1937 (Age 23 years)
Census April 17, 1940 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Billy Jack Lawson
August 14, 1940 (Age 26 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherHettie Louise Hathcock
July 28, 1941 (Age 27 years)
Note: Parents wrong on Death Certificate?
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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 maternal grandfatherThomas Alonzo Shemwell
April 15, 1947 (Age 33 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWashington Hardee Taylor
March 14, 1952 (Age 38 years)
Death of a fatherJack Taylor
October 4, 1953 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 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 motherVerna Belle Shemwell
August 30, 1955 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 sonBilly Jack Lawson
September 14, 1997 (Age 83 years)
Death August 26, 2000 (Age 86 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
Jack Taylor
Birth: May 13, 1887 26 21Veola, Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 4, 1953McCracken, Kentucky, United States
mother
Verna Belle Shemwell
Birth: March 15, 1887 25 17Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 30, 1955McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: December 21, 1912Massac, Illinois, United States
11 months
herself
Homa Lavila Taylor
Birth: November 13, 1913 26 26Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 26, 2000Kentucky, United States
Family with Curtis William Lawson - View this family
husband
Curtis William Lawson
Birth: August 27, 1914Kentucky, United States
Death: May 7, 2008Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
herself
Homa Lavila Taylor
Birth: November 13, 1913 26 26Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 26, 2000Kentucky, United States
Marriage: September 12, 1937Folsomdale, Graves, Kentucky, United States
3 years
son
Billy Jack Lawson
Birth: August 14, 1940 25 26McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 14, 1997Hillsbourgh, Florida, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Jack Taylor - Household

Hausmann, Graves, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Taylor, JackheadMW32MKYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Taylor, VernawifeFW32MKYKYKY
Taylor, Homa LdaughterFW6MKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Jack Taylor - Household

Dogwood & Hardmoney Graves, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Taylor, JackheadMW42M26KYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Taylor, VernawifeFW42M26KYKYKY
Taylor, LaviladaughterFW16MKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - William Curtis Lawson - Household

1010 Lincoln? Ave Paducah, McCracken, Ky

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Lawson, Curtis W.headMW24MKYGravesKYButcherRetail Grocery
Lawson, LavialawifeXFW26MKYGravesKY