The Shemwell Family

Grace May “Gracie” KellyAge: 47 years19001947

Name
Grace May “Gracie” Kelly
Given names
Grace May
Surname
Kelly
Married name
Grace May Hamilton
Nickname
Gracie
Married name
Grace May Moore
Birth calculated 1900 28 28
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
MarriageReggie Lee HamiltonView this family
March 25, 1918 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 17 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 18 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 son
#1
Charles Mason Hamilton
March 13, 1919 (Age 19 years)
Address: Binghampton
Census January 10, 1920 (Age 20 years)
Death of a sonCharles Mason Hamilton
April 12, 1920 (Age 20 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
MarriageMooreView this family
after 1920 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a son
#2
William Edward “Billy” Hamilton
May 11, 1921 (Age 21 years)
Address: Binghamton
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
Death of a husbandReggie Lee Hamilton
October 31, 1934 (Age 34 years)
Cause: Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Thomas Shemwell
April 15, 1941 (Age 41 years)
Death of a brotherLynn Dotson Kelly
March 31, 1944 (Age 44 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
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
Death of a fatherThomas Isaac “Tobe” Kelly
October 30, 1945 (Age 45 years)
Note: Wife - Ella
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 46 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 July 12, 1947 (Age 47 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 4, 1895Houston, Tennessee, United States
8 months
elder sister
Nannie Ruth Kelly
Birth: November 13, 1895 24 24Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 16, 1950Martin, Weakley, Tennessee, United States
14 months
elder brother
Lynn Dotson Kelly
Birth: December 31, 1896 25 25Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 31, 1944Oakville, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
13 months
elder sister
Leona Pearl Kelly
Birth: January 26, 1898 26 27Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 1970Union City, Obion, Tennessee, United States
3 years
herself
Mother’s family with William C “Max” Hager - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: April 7, 1891Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
11 months
half-brother
William Max Hager
Birth: March 3, 1892 21Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 2, 1949Union City, Obion, Tennessee, United States
Family with Reggie Lee Hamilton - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: March 25, 1918Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
1 year
son
Charles Mason Hamilton
Birth: March 13, 1919 21 19Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 12, 1920Union City, Obion, Tennessee, United States
2 years
son
William Edward “Billy” Hamilton
Birth: May 11, 1921 23 21Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 1, 2002Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
Family with Moore - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: after 1920
Reggie Lee Hamilton + Labell “Belle” King - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Labell “Belle” King
Birth: June 17, 1908Mississippi, United States
Death: September 19, 1934Oakville, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: December 22, 1924Arkansas, United States
22 months
step-daughter
Peggy Hamilton
Birth: October 26, 1926 28 18Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 26, 2015

Grace May “Gracie” Kelly has 16 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Mason “Tobe” Kelly - Household

Main Street Waverly, Humphries, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Tobe K KellyheadMW38M115TNIrelandNCBlack SmithOwn Shop
Luella KellywifeFW38M21555TNTNTNNone
McHager Kellyson (step)MW18STNKYKYNone
Nannie R KellydaughterFW14STNTNTNNone
Lynn D KellysonMW13STNTNTNNone
Leona P KellydaughterFW12STNTNTNNone
Grace KellydaughterFW11STNTNTNNone

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Reggie Lee Hamilton - Household

125 Princeton Binghampton, Shelby, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPFBPMBPOccupationIndEmp
Reggie Lee HamiltonheadMW22MMSMSMSMachinist??
Grace HamiltonwifeFW19MTNTNTN
Reggie Lee Hamilton Jr.sonMW9moSTNMSTN