The Shemwell Family

James Ralph TimmonsAge: 84 years19071991

Name
James Ralph Timmons
Given names
James Ralph
Surname
Timmons
Birth May 30, 1907 28 21
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 4, 1930 (Age 22 years)
Census April 17, 1940 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 42 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 fatherHomer Dallas Timmons
May 18, 1956 (Age 48 years)
Death of a motherOzella Wilson
May 19, 1972 (Age 64 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 wifeRegina Bell
November 17, 1983 (Age 76 years)
Death October 20, 1991 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Cemetery
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father
Homer Dallas Timmons
Birth: December 4, 1878Calvert City, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 18, 1956Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
mother
Marriage:
himself
James Ralph Timmons
Birth: May 30, 1907 28 21Kentucky, United States
Death: October 20, 1991Novi, Oakland, Michigan, United States
Family with Regina Bell - View this family
himself
James Ralph Timmons
Birth: May 30, 1907 28 21Kentucky, United States
Death: October 20, 1991Novi, Oakland, Michigan, United States
wife
Regina Bell
Birth: September 2, 1911 35 27Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 17, 1983Clark, Nevada, United States
son
Private
daughter
Private

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Chris C Miller - Household

Paris, Henry, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Timmons, James Rson in law (roomer)MW24M23KYKYKYSalesmanMens Apparel
Timmons, Regina Bdaughter (roomer)FW18M17TNTNTN
Bell, William W(roomer)MW55D27TNTNTNConductorRailroad