The Shemwell Family

Frances Edgar WilliamsAge: 67 years19131981

Name
Frances Edgar Williams
Given names
Frances Edgar
Surname
Williams
Married name
Frances Edgar Lockard
Birth December 8, 1913 26 20
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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/
Birth of a sisterJuanita Virginia Williams
1920 (Age 6 years)
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Death of a fatherGeorge Archibald “Archie” Williams
January 18, 1921 (Age 7 years)
Cause: Tubercular Meningitis
Death of a paternal grandfatherGeorge Patton Williams
February 3, 1925 (Age 11 years)
Address: 2469 Harvard
Cause: Toxemia
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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 April 1, 1930 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherClara Vashti Ellis
1938 (Age 24 years)
Address: 2602 Autumn
Census April 3, 1940 (Age 26 years)
Note: Ginger & Homer are in both Elsie & J.R, Decker Households -b
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 4, 1950 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 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 paternal grandmotherFrancis Ann “Fannie” Hinchey
May 22, 1956 (Age 42 years)
Address: 957 Mt. Vernon
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 April 3, 1981 (Age 67 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memphis Memory Gardens
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1910Shelby, Tennessee, United States
16 months
elder sister
3 years
herself
Frances Edgar Williams
Birth: December 8, 1913 26 20Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 3, 1981Shelby, Tennessee, United States
7 years
younger sister
Juanita Virginia Williams
Birth: 1920 32 26Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1988Warner Robins, Houston, Georgia, United States
Family with Edward Russell “Eddie” Lockard - View this family
husband
herself
Frances Edgar Williams
Birth: December 8, 1913 26 20Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 3, 1981Shelby, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - George Archie Williams - Household

Ward 33 Princeton St. Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA

NameRelationTenSexRaceAgeMCYOIN/AYONEduBPFBPMBPNLEng?OccupationIndustryEmploy
Archie J. WilliamsHeadFMW33MTNTNTNCarpenterPublic
Dasey LockridgewifeFW26MAKMSTN
Elsie M. WilliamsdaughterFW8STNTNAK
Francis E. WilliamsdaughterFW6STNTNAK

Notes: George Archie is listed as Archie J.

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Clara Virginia Lockridge - Household

Dist. 4 Ward 38, Autumn Cove Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA

NameRelationAssetsSexRaceAgeMCAgMEduBPFBPMBPNLYOIN/AEng?OccupationIndustryEmployVetWar
Clara V WilliamsHeadFW36Wd16AKMSTN
Francis E WilliamsdaughterFW16S-TNTNAK
Juanita V WilliamsdaughterFW9S-TNTNAK

Notes: Widowed - Next door to mother

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - John Robert Decker - Household

2602 Autumn Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Decker, J RheadMW65WdMSMemphisShelbyTN
Williams, CoraXstep daughterFW46WdARMemphisShelbyTN
Williams, Frances Estep grand childFW26STNMemphisShelbyTNMail Order ClerkSears & Robuck Co.
Williams, Juanitastep grand childFW19STNSame houseUnskilled decorator?N.Y.A.
Shemwell, Homer Lstep great grand childMW7STNSame house
Shemwell, Infantstep great grand childFW3mSTN

Census
Ginger & Homer are in both Elsie & J.R, Decker Households -b