The Shemwell Family

Acy Roy TraftonAge: 71 years18991970

Name
Acy Roy Trafton
Given names
Acy Roy
Surname
Trafton
Birth April 21, 1899 46 25
Birth of a sisterClaudia Eva Trafton
June 13, 1902 (Age 3 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Womack
September 26, 1913 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 17 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 18 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/
MarriageEthel Beatrice BlevinsView this family
September 4, 1920 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Roy Wilburn Trafton
October 12, 1921 (Age 22 years)
Death of a fatherJames Self Trafton
1929 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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
Birth of a daughter
#2
Remonia Beetrice Trafton
February 1, 1943 (Age 43 years)
Death of a sisterClaudia Eva Trafton
July 8, 1945 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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
Birth of a son
#3
Jimmy Dale Trafton
June 7, 1948 (Age 49 years)
Death of a motherLillie Mae Hester
1952 (Age 52 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 50 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 46 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 August 7, 1970 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Brookside Memorial Park
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: February 19, 1895Gonzales, Texas, United States
4 years
himself
3 years
younger sister
Claudia Eva Trafton
Birth: June 13, 1902 49 28Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: July 8, 1945Sandia, Jim Wells, Texas, United States
Father’s family with Anna Elizabeth Cohea - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: October 3, 1872Gonzales, Texas, United States
11 months
half-sister
Ida Green Trafton
Birth: August 22, 1873 20 15Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: July 17, 1889Gonzales, Texas, United States
3 years
half-sister
Ada Viola Trafton
Birth: July 22, 1876 23 18Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: May 15, 1882Gonzales, Texas, United States
22 months
half-sister
2 years
half-brother
James Coliway Trafton
Birth: June 19, 1880 27 22Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: July 2, 1880Gonzales, Texas, United States
half-brother
William Henry Trafton
Birth: June 19, 1880 27 22Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: July 7, 1880Gonzales, Texas, United States
15 months
half-sister
3 years
half-brother
Colly Oscar Trafton
Birth: August 19, 1884 31 26Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: July 24, 1889Gonzales, Texas, United States
2 years
half-brother
Emma Dee Trafton
Birth: February 1, 1887 34 29Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: July 26, 1889Gonzales, Texas, United States
Family with Ethel Beatrice Blevins - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: September 4, 1920Oklahoma, United States
13 months
son
Roy Wilburn Trafton
Birth: October 12, 1921 22 16Eldorado, Jackson, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 31, 2000Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States
21 years
daughter
Remonia Beetrice Trafton
Birth: February 1, 1943 43 37Harris, Texas, United States
Death: August 22, 2000
Family with Hazel Mae Watts - View this family
himself
wife
Hazel Mae Watts
Birth: September 26, 1922 21 22Texas, United States
Death: April 12, 2009Texas, United States
son
Private
son
Private
son
Jimmy Dale Trafton
Birth: June 7, 1948 49 25Rusk, Texas, United States
Death: October 21, 1999Harris, Texas, United States
son
Private

Acy Roy Trafton has 36 first cousins recorded