The Shemwell Family

Francis Rebecca Hancock1903

Name
Francis Rebecca Hancock
Given names
Francis Rebecca
Surname
Hancock
Married name
Francis Rebecca Williams
Birth about 1903
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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 17 years)
Note: A Boarder in the Thomas M. Willey Household a few doors down from Williams household. -b
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ola Earldean Williams
March 24, 1922 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Margaret Frances Williams
June 5, 1924 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Leatrice Williams
about 1932 (Age 29 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 husbandJames Harris “Jim” Williams
April 23, 1946 (Age 43 years)
Burial of a husbandJames Harris “Jim” Williams
April 24, 1946 (Age 43 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Hill Cemetery
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Lynda Fay Rowland
April 14, 1947 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Brenda Kay Rowland
January 9, 1951 (Age 48 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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 daughterLeatrice Williams
April 22, 1968 (Age 65 years)
Cause: Auto Accident
Death of a daughterMargaret Frances Williams
December 5, 1972 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 granddaughterLynda Fay Rowland
April 6, 2005 (Age 102 years)

Death of a daughterOla Earldean Williams
May 25, 2010 (Age 107 years)
Deathunknown

Family with James Harris “Jim” Williams - View this family
husband
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son
Private
daughter
Ola Earldean Williams
Birth: March 24, 1922 39 19Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 25, 2010Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
2 years
daughter
Margaret Frances Williams
Birth: June 5, 1924 41 21Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 5, 1972Greenville, Washington, Mississippi, United States
9 years
daughter
Leatrice Williams
Birth: about 1932 48 29Tennessee, United States
Death: April 22, 1968North Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States

No family available

Census
A Boarder in the Thomas M. Willey Household a few doors down from Williams household. -b