The Shemwell Family

Angle RobyAge: 74 years19001975

Name
Angle Roby
Given names
Angle
Surname
Roby
Married name
Angle Knight
Birth July 8, 1900 26 36
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a son
#1James Otis Knight
July 7, 1917 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 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 17 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 daughter
#2Goldie Marie Knight
estimated 1921 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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 11, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Death of a fatherJames Henry Roby
November 15, 1931 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3Savannah Evelyn Knight
calculated 1933 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4Iva Sue Knight
May 10, 1938 (Age 37 years)
Death of a daughterIva Sue Knight
May 10, 1938 (Age 37 years)
Census April 22, 1940 (Age 39 years)
Death of a motherEmma Jane Shemwell
April 12, 1944 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 49 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 sonJames Otis Knight
May 3, 1973 (Age 72 years)
Death of a husbandJohn Knight
January 30, 1974 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 February 26, 1975 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maple Cemetery
Last change July 7, 201616:28:40

by: Barry Shemwell
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father
James Henry Roby
Birth: January 17, 1874 24 26Hamletsburg, Pope, Illinois, United States
Death: November 15, 1931Pope, Illinois, United States
mother
Emma Jane Shemwell
Birth: April 6, 1864 48 35Pope, Illinois, United States
Death: April 12, 1944Massac, Illinois, United States
Marriage: October 4, 1899Hamletsburg, Pope, Illinois, United States
9 months
herself
Angle Roby
Birth: July 8, 1900 26 36Pope, Illinois, United States
Death: February 26, 1975Caruthersville, Pemiscot, Missouri, United States
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husband
John Knight
Birth: February 8, 1891 53 36Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 30, 1974Pemiscot, Missouri, United States
herself
Angle Roby
Birth: July 8, 1900 26 36Pope, Illinois, United States
Death: February 26, 1975Caruthersville, Pemiscot, Missouri, United States
son
James Otis Knight
Birth: July 7, 1917 26 16Charleston, Mississippi, Missouri, United States
Death: May 3, 1973Caruthersville, Pemiscot, Missouri, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Goldie Marie Knight
Birth: estimated 1921 29 20Missouri, United States
Death: April 10, 2002Portageville, New Madrid, Missouri, United States
13 years
daughter
Savannah Evelyn Knight
Birth: calculated 1933 41 32Missouri, United States
Death: July 20, 2001New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Iva Sue Knight
Birth: May 10, 1938 47 37Caruthersville, Pemiscot, Missouri, United States
Death: May 10, 1938Caruthersville, Pemiscot, Missouri, United States

Angle Roby has 6 first cousins recorded