The Shemwell Family

Roy Addis Carter1908

Name
Roy Addis Carter
Given names
Roy Addis
Surname
Carter
Birth January 18, 1908 28 28
Death of a brotherH Eugene Carter
April 9, 1910 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterEthel Carter
calculated 1911 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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/
MarriageNellie Elvira WardenView this family
October 15, 1927 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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 fatherHenry Eaton Carter
February 20, 1930 (Age 22 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherHugh Lawrence Carter
August 19, 1931 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
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James Boyd “J.B.” Carter
October 19, 1931 (Age 23 years)
Death of a sisterDulcie Jewell Carter
April 1, 1933 (Age 25 years)
Death of a motherMargaret P Lashlee
May 9, 1933 (Age 25 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMartha Jane Hatton
March 27, 1938 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 41 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 brotherHenry Carl Carter
June 12, 1962 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 wifeNellie Elvira Warden
May 11, 1991 (Age 83 years)
Death of a sisterEthel Carter
June 24, 2000 (Age 92 years)
Death of a sonJames Boyd “J.B.” Carter
November 23, 2017 (Age 109 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Memorial Gardens
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father
mother
Marriage:
elder brother
H Eugene Carter
Birth: 1899 19 19Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 9, 1910Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
21 months
elder sister
Dulcie Jewell Carter
Birth: October 16, 1900 21 20Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 1, 1933Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
5 years
elder brother
Henry Carl Carter
Birth: September 3, 1905 25 25Tennessee, United States
Death: June 12, 1962Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
2 years
himself
Roy Addis Carter
Birth: January 18, 1908 28 28Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Burial: Rose Hill Memorial Gardens, Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger sister
Ethel Carter
Birth: calculated 1911 31 31Tennessee, United States
Death: June 24, 2000Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Family with Nellie Elvira Warden - View this family
himself
Roy Addis Carter
Birth: January 18, 1908 28 28Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Burial: Rose Hill Memorial Gardens, Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee, United States
wife
Nellie Elvira Warden
Birth: September 11, 1907Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 11, 1991Coffee, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: October 15, 1927Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
4 years
son
James Boyd “J.B.” Carter
Birth: October 19, 1931 23 24Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 23, 2017Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

Roy Addis Carter has 9 first cousins recorded

Father's family (9)

Parents Robert Calvin Durham + Lucy Katherine Carter
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Mother's family (0)