The Shemwell Family

Etta Augusta TraftonAge: 89 years18811971

Name
Etta Augusta Trafton
Given names
Etta Augusta
Surname
Trafton
Married name
Etta Augusta Mangum
Birth September 19, 1881 29 23
Death of a sisterAda Viola Trafton
May 15, 1882 (Age 7 months)
Birth of a brotherColly Oscar Trafton
August 19, 1884 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherMalachi Trafton
1885 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherEmma Dee Trafton
February 1, 1887 (Age 5 years)
Death of a sisterIda Green Trafton
July 17, 1889 (Age 7 years)
Death of a brotherColly Oscar Trafton
July 24, 1889 (Age 7 years)
Death of a motherAnna Elizabeth Cohea
July 25, 1889 (Age 7 years)
Death of a brotherEmma Dee Trafton
July 26, 1889 (Age 7 years)
Marriage of a parentJames Self TraftonLillie Mae HesterView this family
February 19, 1895 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 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 half-brotherAcy Roy Trafton
April 21, 1899 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Garnett Lee Mangum
September 18, 1901 (Age 19 years)
Address: Community of Rancho
Birth of a half-sisterClaudia Eva Trafton
June 13, 1902 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Willie Travis Mangum
March 6, 1904 (Age 22 years)
Address: Community of Rancho
Birth of a son
#3
Carrol Dee Mangum
May 13, 1906 (Age 24 years)
Address: Community of Rancho
Birth of a son
#4
Jessie Howell Mangum
July 19, 1909 (Age 27 years)
Address: Community of Rancho
Birth of a daughter
#5
Ruby May Mangum
October 7, 1911 (Age 30 years)
Address: Community of Rancho
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Womack
September 26, 1913 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Jim Dennis Mangum
December 22, 1913 (Age 32 years)
Address: Community of Rancho
Birth of a son
#7
Weldon Earl Mangum
December 22, 1915 (Age 34 years)
Address: Community of Rancho
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 34 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 35 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 36 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/
Marriage of a childGarnett Lee MangumBeulah Inez SchwabView this family
February 25, 1921 (Age 39 years)
Marriage of a childCarrol Dee MangumHallie Almira DenmarkView this family
August 29, 1925 (Age 43 years)
Death of a daughterRuby May Mangum
January 16, 1927 (Age 45 years)
Death of a fatherJames Self Trafton
1929 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 48 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
Death of a half-sisterClaudia Eva Trafton
July 8, 1945 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 60 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 sonJessie Howell Mangum
February 14, 1953 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 68 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 husbandJoe D Mangum
January 1, 1955 (Age 73 years)
Death of a sonWillie Travis Mangum
April 8, 1968 (Age 86 years)
Death of a half-brotherAcy Roy Trafton
August 7, 1970 (Age 88 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 64 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 24, 1971 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Evergreen Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 3, 1872Gonzales, Texas, United States
11 months
elder sister
Ida Green Trafton
Birth: August 22, 1873 20 15Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: July 17, 1889Gonzales, Texas, United States
3 years
elder sister
Ada Viola Trafton
Birth: July 22, 1876 23 18Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: May 15, 1882Gonzales, Texas, United States
22 months
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
James Coliway Trafton
Birth: June 19, 1880 27 22Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: July 2, 1880Gonzales, Texas, United States
elder brother
William Henry Trafton
Birth: June 19, 1880 27 22Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: July 7, 1880Gonzales, Texas, United States
15 months
herself
3 years
younger brother
Colly Oscar Trafton
Birth: August 19, 1884 31 26Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: July 24, 1889Gonzales, Texas, United States
2 years
younger brother
Emma Dee Trafton
Birth: February 1, 1887 34 29Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: July 26, 1889Gonzales, Texas, United States
Father’s family with Lillie Mae Hester - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: February 19, 1895Gonzales, Texas, United States
4 years
half-brother
3 years
half-sister
Claudia Eva Trafton
Birth: June 13, 1902 49 28Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: July 8, 1945Sandia, Jim Wells, Texas, United States
Family with Joe D Mangum - View this family
husband
herself
son
Garnett Lee Mangum
Birth: September 18, 1901 22 19Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: September 11, 1987Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States
3 years
son
Willie Travis Mangum
Birth: March 6, 1904 25 22Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: April 8, 1968San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
2 years
son
Carrol Dee Mangum
Birth: May 13, 1906 27 24Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: March 7, 1987Del Rio, Val Verde, Texas, United States
3 years
son
Jessie Howell Mangum
Birth: July 19, 1909 30 27Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: February 14, 1953Roswell, Chaves, New Mexico, United States
2 years
daughter
Ruby May Mangum
Birth: October 7, 1911 32 30Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: January 16, 1927Uvalde, Texas, United States
2 years
son
Jim Dennis Mangum
Birth: December 22, 1913 35 32Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: April 29, 1989Devine, Medina, Texas, United States
2 years
son
Weldon Earl Mangum
Birth: December 22, 1915 37 34Gonzales, Texas, United States
Death: February 15, 1979San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private

Etta Augusta Trafton has 36 first cousins recorded