The Shemwell Family

Clarence R Durham1903

Name
Clarence R Durham
Given names
Clarence R
Surname
Durham
Birth calculated 1903 26 19
Birth of a sisterZady Ruth Durham
calculated 1905 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherHenry Lurton Durham
calculated 1907 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherHusie E Durham
calculated 1909 (Age 6 years)
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterBertha R Durham
calculated 1913 (Age 10 years)
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 16, 1920 (Age 17 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherHugh Lawrence Carter
August 19, 1931 (Age 28 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMartha Jane Hatton
March 27, 1938 (Age 35 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
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 fatherRobert Calvin Durham
November 29, 1965 (Age 62 years)
Death of a motherLucy Katherine Carter
June 26, 1968 (Age 65 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
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Clarence R Durham
Birth: calculated 1903 26 19Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
younger sister
Zady Ruth Durham
Birth: calculated 1905 28 21Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
younger brother
Henry Lurton Durham
Birth: calculated 1907 30 23Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
younger brother
Husie E Durham
Birth: calculated 1909 32 25Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death:
5 years
younger sister
Bertha R Durham
Birth: calculated 1913 36 29Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death:
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Clarence R Durham has 5 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (5)

Parents Henry Eaton Carter + Margaret P Lashlee
1H Eugene Carter18991910
3Henry Carl Carter19051962
5Ethel Carter19112000
Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Robert Calvin Durham - Household

Turkey Creek Rd. Humphries, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Robert Calvin DurhamheadMW34M19TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Lucy Katherine CarterwifeFW27M1944TNTNTN
Clarence R DurhamsonMW7STNTNTN
Zady R DurhamdaughterFW5STNTNTN
Lurt H DurhamsonMW3STNTNTN
Husie E DurhamsonMW1-8mSTNTNTN