The Shemwell Family

Georgia Pearl SelbyAge: 18 years19021920

Name
Georgia Pearl Selby
Given names
Georgia Pearl
Surname
Selby
Birth February 7, 1902 50 40
Birth of a sisterMinnie Selby
January 31, 1905 (Age 2 years)
Death of a sisterMinnie Selby
February 4, 1905 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherEdward Casto Selby
about 1907 (Age 4 years)
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam R Hyder
June 12, 1917 (Age 15 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 14 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 15 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 February 5, 1920 (Age 17 years)
Death March 12, 1920 (Age 18 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1883
23 months
elder brother
Nicholas Hoye “Nick” Selby
Birth: November 30, 1884 33 23Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 1, 1929Colfax, Grant, Louisiana, United States
20 months
elder sister
Amanda Alice Selby
Birth: August 8, 1886 35 24Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 6, 1972Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder sister
Anna J Selby
Birth: September 2, 1888 37 26Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 1, 1891Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
23 months
elder sister
Effie Mae Selby
Birth: July 29, 1890 39 28Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 8, 1977Rapides, Louisiana, United States
3 years
elder brother
James Ernest Selby
Birth: March 8, 1893 41 31Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 10, 1896Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
20 months
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
3 years
herself
Georgia Pearl Selby
Birth: February 7, 1902 50 40Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 12, 1920Vandever, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Minnie Selby
Birth: January 31, 1905 53 43Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 4, 1905Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Edward Casto Selby
Birth: about 1907 55 45Tennessee, United States
Death: June 22, 1930Sabine, Louisiana, United States

Georgia Pearl Selby has 24 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Monroe Selby - Household

Vandever To Hales Mill

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Selby, William MheadMW60M125TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Selby, Mary EwifeFW47M125118TNTNTN
Selby, EffiedaughterFW19STNTNTN
Selby, JoannadaughterFW15STNTNTN
Selby, EvadaughterFW13STNTNTN
Selby, FordsonMW10STNTNTN
Selby, GeorgiadaughterFW9STNTNTN
Selby, CastosonMW3STNTNTN
Hyder, William RMW69WdTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Monroe Selby - Household

Vandever Road Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Selby, William MheadMW68MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Selby, Mary EwifeFW58MTNTNTN
Selby, Georgia PdaughterFW17STNTNTN
Selby, Casto EsonMW13STNTNTN