The Shemwell Family

Roy Edward WrightAge: 65 years18921958

Name
Roy Edward Wright
Given names
Roy Edward
Surname
Wright
Birth December 14, 1892 24 27
Birth of a sisterBessie V Wright
December 14, 1894 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterEdith Martha Wright
July 11, 1896 (Age 3 years)
Death of a sisterBessie V Wright
February 5, 1898 (Age 5 years)
Cause: Meningitis
Birth of a sisterBeulah Wright
June 26, 1898 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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 2, 1900 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Thomas “Bill” Wright
February 22, 1901 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherAllen Nelson Wright
November 13, 1902 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherInfant Wright
September 4, 1904 (Age 11 years)

Death of a brotherInfant Wright
September 11, 1904 (Age 11 years)

Death of a maternal grandmotherVirlinda Nelson
October 22, 1906 (Age 13 years)

Birth of a sisterHazel Evelyn Wright
November 14, 1906 (Age 13 years)
Address: Near Competition
Census May 3, 1910 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Military
WWI Draft Registration
1917 (Age 24 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 24 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 25 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 2, 1920 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 36 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 May 6, 1930 (Age 37 years)
Military
WWII Draft Registration
April 26, 1942 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 fatherWilliam Alford Wright
March 28, 1946 (Age 53 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 57 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 motherLillian Leona Shamel
January 12, 1955 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 53 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 February 12, 1958 (Age 65 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 17, 1892Laclede, Missouri, United States
11 months
himself
Roy Edward Wright
Birth: December 14, 1892 24 27Missouri, United States
Death: February 12, 1958Los Angeles, California, United States
2 years
younger sister
Bessie V Wright
Birth: December 14, 1894 26 29Missouri, United States
Death: February 5, 1898Missouri, United States
19 months
younger sister
Edith Martha Wright
Birth: July 11, 1896 27 30Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: March 4, 1989Falcon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
23 months
younger sister
Beulah Wright
Birth: June 26, 1898 29 32Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: January 18, 1985Missouri, United States
3 years
younger brother
William Thomas “Bill” Wright
Birth: February 22, 1901 32 35Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: June 11, 1984Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
21 months
younger brother
Allen Nelson Wright
Birth: November 13, 1902 34 37Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: September 1, 1976Falcon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
22 months
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
Hazel Evelyn Wright
Birth: November 14, 1906 38 41Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: April 27, 2001Missouri, United States
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himself
Roy Edward Wright
Birth: December 14, 1892 24 27Missouri, United States
Death: February 12, 1958Los Angeles, California, United States
wife
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Roy Edward Wright has 35 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William Alford Wright - Household

Franklin Twp, Laclede, Missouri, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Wright, William AheadWMJul186633M8MOILILfarmer
Wright, Lillian LwifeWFAug186535M843MONCVA
Wright, Roy EsonWMDec18927SMOMOMO
Wright, May EdaughterWFJul18963SMOMOMO
Wright, Beul LdaughterWFJun18981SMOMOMO

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Alford Wright - Household

Franklin Twp, Laclede, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Wright, William AheadMW41M18MOILILfarmer
Wright, Lillian wifeFW44M1875MOKYKY
Wright, Roy EsonMW17SMOMOMOfarm laborer
Wright,EdadaughterFW13SMOMOMO
Wright, BuladaughterFW11SMOMOMO
Wright, William TsonMW9SMOMOMO
Wright, Allen NsonMW7SMOMOMO
Wright, Hazel PdaughterFW3SMOMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Roy Edward Wright - Household

Franklin Twp, Laclede, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Wright, Roy laborerMW37M24MOMOMO