The Shemwell Family

Annie Laura KeyAge: 89 years19081998

Name
Annie Laura Key
Given names
Annie Laura
Surname
Key
Married name
Annie Laura Bivins
Birth August 21, 1908 48 34
Census April 27, 1910 (Age 20 months)
Birth of a brotherL T Key
September 17, 1911 (Age 3 years)
Death of a brotherL T Key
September 19, 1912 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherClaud Key
June 18, 1913 (Age 4 years)
Death of a brotherClaud Key
July 5, 1914 (Age 5 years)
Death of a motherMattie V Shemwell
July 11, 1914 (Age 5 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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 10, 1920 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Vernie Belle Bivins
April 25, 1928 (Age 19 years)
Death of a daughterVernie Belle Bivins
April 27, 1928 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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
Paul Eugene “Gene” Bivins
November 28, 1930 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Elmer Lee “Buddy” Bivins
January 12, 1933 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Jackie Neal Bivins
August 11, 1938 (Age 29 years)
Census April 24, 1940 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Barbara Joyce Bivins
July 17, 1941 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 41 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 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
Marriage of a childPaul Eugene “Gene” BivinsDonna Lee ConleyView this family
February 21, 1974 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 husbandPaul Anderson Bivins
1975 (Age 66 years)

Death of a sonElmer Lee “Buddy” Bivins
December 9, 1993 (Age 85 years)
Death February 7, 1998 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Hill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Mattie V Shemwell
Birth: March 3, 1874 43 40Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 11, 1914Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: April 6, 1904Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
4 years
herself
3 years
younger brother
L T Key
Birth: September 17, 1911 51 37Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 19, 1912Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
21 months
younger brother
Claud Key
Birth: June 18, 1913 53 39Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 5, 1914Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Family with Paul Anderson Bivins - View this family
husband
herself
daughter
Vernie Belle Bivins
Birth: April 25, 1928 19 19Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 27, 1928Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
3 years
son
Paul Eugene “Gene” Bivins
Birth: November 28, 1930 21 22Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 8, 2013Wyanet, Bureau, Illinois, United States
2 years
son
Elmer Lee “Buddy” Bivins
Birth: January 12, 1933 24 24Beech Creek, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 9, 1993Olmsted, Minnesota, United States
daughter
Private
son
Jackie Neal Bivins
Birth: August 11, 1938 29 29Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 4, 2022Walnut, Bureau, Illinois, United States
3 years
daughter
Barbara Joyce Bivins
Birth: July 17, 1941 32 32Beech Creek, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 26, 2018Spring Valley, Bureau, Illinois, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William C Key - Household

Drakesboro & Beeck Creek Rd. Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Key, William CheadMW50M26KYVATNMinerCoal Mine
Key, MattiewifeFW35M1621KYKYKY
Key, Annie LauradaughterFW1-8mSKYKYKY
Key, Harriet AmotherFW78Wd42TNVAVA

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William C Key - Household

Skilesville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Key, William CheadMW59WdKYTNVATeamsterFor Public
Key, Annie LdaughterFW11SKYKYKY