The Shemwell Family

Allene Christie WaggonerAge: 83 years19061990

Name
Allene Christie Waggoner
Given names
Allene Christie
Surname
Waggoner
Married name
Allene Christie Knight
Birth November 27, 1906
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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/
MarriageLeeward Guy KnightView this family
July 21, 1928 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Dorothy Lee “Dot” Knight
March 29, 1929 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 son
#2
Norman Guy Knight
January 20, 1939 (Age 32 years)
Census April 15, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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
Census April 11, 1950 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 39 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 of a husbandLeeward Guy Knight
February 20, 1987 (Age 80 years)
Death March 24, 1990 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery
Family with Leeward Guy Knight - View this family
husband
Leeward Guy Knight
Birth: October 30, 1906 20 17Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 20, 1987Houston, Tennessee, United States
herself
Marriage: July 21, 1928Houston, Tennessee, United States
8 months
daughter
Dorothy Lee “Dot” Knight
Birth: March 29, 1929 22 22Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 27, 2016Brentwood, Williamson, Tennessee, United States
10 years
son
Norman Guy Knight
Birth: January 20, 1939 32 32Tennessee, United States
Death: May 18, 2014Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Leeward Guy Knight - Household

Houston, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Knight, GuyheadMW33MTNClarksvilleMontgomeryTNStock Clerk? Commodities
Knight, AlleneXwifeFW33MTNClarksvilleMontgomeryTN
Knight, Dorothy LdaughterFW11STNClarksvilleMontgomeryTN
Knight, NormansonMW1STN

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Leeward Guy Knight - Household

123 Owl Hollow Road Houston, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Knight, Leeward GheadMW43MarTNElectricianWires Houses
Knight, Allene CwifeFW43MarTN
Knight, Norman GsonMW11NevTN