The Shemwell Family

Fannie Elizabeth WheelerAge: 89 years18881978

Name
Fannie Elizabeth Wheeler
Given names
Fannie Elizabeth
Surname
Wheeler
Married name
Fannie Elizabeth Carrier
Birth October 7, 1888 26 24
Birth of a sisterJesse Louise Wheeler
January 27, 1890 (Age 15 months)
Birth of a brotherCol. Druid Emmett Wheeler
January 31, 1894 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 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
Census June 18, 1900 (Age 11 years)
Census September 21, 1910 (Age 21 years)
MarriageRalph Adelbert CarrierView this family
April 22, 1911 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Ralph Adelbert Carrier Jr
March 25, 1914 (Age 25 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson
February 21, 1916 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 27 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 28 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 29 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 14, 1920 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 40 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 19, 1930 (Age 41 years)
Death of a fatherLouis Burnis Wheeler
October 26, 1936 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
James Adelbert Carrier
July 17, 1939 (Age 50 years)

Census April 29, 1940 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 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 motherCora B Shemwell
November 7, 1950 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 61 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 brotherCol. Druid Emmett Wheeler
July 20, 1970 (Age 81 years)
Death of a husbandRalph Adelbert Carrier
March 11, 1973 (Age 84 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 57 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 March 8, 1978 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Cora B Shemwell
Birth: August 21, 1864 34 26Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 7, 1950Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: December 23, 1886Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
21 months
herself
Fannie Elizabeth Wheeler
Birth: October 7, 1888 26 24Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 8, 1978Henderson, North Carolina, United States
16 months
younger sister
Jesse Louise Wheeler
Birth: January 27, 1890 27 25North Carolina, United States
Death: September 29, 1979Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
4 years
younger brother
Family with Ralph Adelbert Carrier - View this family
husband
Ralph Adelbert Carrier
Birth: August 20, 1880 41 38Michigan, United States
Death: March 11, 1973Fletcher, Henderson, North Carolina, United States
herself
Fannie Elizabeth Wheeler
Birth: October 7, 1888 26 24Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 8, 1978Henderson, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: April 22, 1911Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
3 years
son
Ralph Adelbert Carrier Jr
Birth: March 25, 1914 33 25Ashville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 3, 2005Buncombe, North Carolina, United States

Fannie Elizabeth Wheeler has 13 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Louis Burnis Wheeler - Household

Davidson, North Carolina

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Louis B WheelerheadWMJul186237M13MIMIMIDruggist
Cora B WheelerwifeWFAug186435M1333NCNCNC
Fannie E WheelerdaughterWFOct188811SNCMINC
Jesse L WheelerdaughterWFJan189010SNCMINC
Druid E WheelersonWMJan18946SNCMINC
Elizabeth WheelermotherWFSep183762SMICNNJ
Alice Shemwellsister in lawWFAug187623SNCNCNC

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Louis Burnis Wheeler - Household

169 Chestnut St. Asheville, Buncombe, NC

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Louie WheelerheadMW47M123MIMIMIPharmicist SalesmanTalcum
Cora WheelerwifeFW45M12333NCNCNC
Fannie E WheelerdaughterFW21SNCMINC
Jesse L WheelerdaughterFW19SNCMINC
Druid WheelersonMW16SNCMINC

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Louis Burnis Wheeler - Household

Virginia on line Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
L B WheelerheadMW55MMIMIMISalesmanTalcum
Cora WheelerwifeFW50MNCNCNC
Jesse WheelerdaughterFW29SNCMIMIStenographerMica Co.
R A Carrierson in lawMW38MMIPNPNOptician
Fannie E WheelerdaughterFW31MNCMIMI
Ralph Carrier Jr.grandsonMW5SNCMIMI

Census says Carriers are lodgers

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Ralph Adelbert Carrier - Household

Dougherty, GA

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Ralph A CarrierheadMW49M30MIPAPAOptometrist
Fannie CarrierwifeFW41M22NCMINC
Ralph A CarriersonMW16S23NCMINC

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Ralph Adelbert Carrier Jr - Household

Edneyville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Carrier, R AheadMW59MMIfarmerfarm
Carrier, E Fannie wifeFW57MNC
Carrier, Ralph JrsonMW26MNCfarm laborerfarm
Carrier, Louisedaughter in lawFW23MSC
Carrier, A JamesgrandsonMW8 monthsM