The Shemwell Family

Juanita Virginia WilliamsAge: 68 years19201988

Name
Juanita Virginia Williams
Given names
Juanita Virginia
Surname
Williams
Married name
Juanita Virginia Forsythe
Birth 1920 32 26
Death of a fatherGeorge Archibald “Archie” Williams
January 18, 1921 (Age 12 months)
Cause: Tubercular Meningitis
Death of a paternal grandfatherGeorge Patton Williams
February 3, 1925 (Age 5 years)
Address: 2469 Harvard
Cause: Toxemia
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 9 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 10 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherClara Vashti Ellis
1938 (Age 18 years)
Address: 2602 Autumn
Census April 3, 1940 (Age 20 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 21 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 1, 1950 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 30 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 36 years)
Address: 957 Mt. Vernon
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 26 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 sisterFrances Edgar Williams
April 3, 1981 (Age 61 years)
Death of a motherClara Virginia “Daisy” Lockridge
April 22, 1982 (Age 62 years)
Death 1988 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memphis Memory Gardens Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1910Shelby, Tennessee, United States
16 months
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
Frances Edgar Williams
Birth: December 8, 1913 26 20Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 3, 1981Shelby, Tennessee, United States
7 years
herself
Juanita Virginia Williams
Birth: 1920 32 26Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1988Warner Robins, Houston, Georgia, United States
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husband
Private
herself
Juanita Virginia Williams
Birth: 1920 32 26Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1988Warner Robins, Houston, Georgia, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private

Juanita Virginia Williams has 12 first cousins recorded

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
Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Clara Virginia “Daisy” Lockridge - Household

2602 Autumn Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Williams, Clara VheadFW55WdAR
Williams, Juanita VdaughterFW29STNBill Posting ClerkAir Force
Shemwell, Homer LgrandsonMW19STNDecoratorDecoration Co.
Decker, John Rstep fatherMW75WdMS