The Shemwell Family

Name
Zillia Ann Shemwell
Given names
Zillia Ann
Surname
Shemwell
Married name
Zillia Ann Gooch
Birth August 27, 1882 29 23
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Green Shemwell
after May 1884 (Age 20 months)

Birth of a brotherMarvin Browden Shemwell
September 16, 1884 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterKerna Elliot Shemwell
February 1887 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherLuther Cashman Shemwell
July 25, 1889 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherDallas Hedger Shemwell
March 15, 1893 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherFelix Jason Shemwell Sr.
October 7, 1895 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherCurtis Lee Shemwell
December 22, 1897 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Birth of a sisterNina Pearl Shemwell
April 14, 1900 (Age 17 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 17 years)
MarriageClayborn Edward GoochView this family
1902 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Callie M Gooch
calculated 1907 (Age 24 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Luther Shemwell
August 15, 1910 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 33 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mildred G Gooch
November 21, 1918 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 34 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 35 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 6, 1920 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Clayborn Edward Gooch Jr.
September 28, 1925 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 47 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 18, 1930 (Age 47 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 57 years)
Death of a motherLucy M Gilliam
February 1, 1942 (Age 59 years)
Cause: Cancer of stomach and hypertension
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 59 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 sisterEffie E Shemwell
August 15, 1949 (Age 66 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 67 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 sisterLeah Leota Shemwell
February 16, 1964 (Age 81 years)
Death of a husbandClayborn Edward Gooch
April 26, 1964 (Age 81 years)
Death of a brotherDallas Hedger Shemwell
June 16, 1964 (Age 81 years)
Death of a brotherMarvin Browden Shemwell
June 22, 1964 (Age 81 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 63 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 December 5, 1968 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Ridge Cemetery
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