The Shemwell Family

Willard Horton GouldsAge: 62 years19061968

Name
Willard Horton Goulds
Given names
Willard Horton
Surname
Goulds
Birth May 10, 1906 22 27
Birth of a brotherHoye Patterson Goulds
June 12, 1908 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherTurner Greene Goulds
July 13, 1910 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a motherMary Malinda Carlton
about 1917 (Age 10 years)

Birth of a half-sisterAnnie P Goulds
August 5, 1918 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 10 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 11 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 half-brotherFelix Wright Goulds
February 6, 1921 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJames D Goulds
January 15, 1923 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a half-brotherOdus Phill Goulds
April 15, 1927 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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 fatherBoyden Lee Goulds
July 28, 1931 (Age 25 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherGeorge Smith Golds
December 11, 1935 (Age 29 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy Louisa “Eliza” Greene
April 27, 1936 (Age 29 years)
Death of a brotherCalvin Shelby Goulds
December 17, 1938 (Age 32 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherCalvin Madison Carlton
April 15, 1939 (Age 32 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherRachel Mikeal
August 20, 1941 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 43 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 October 17, 1968 (Age 62 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 1, 1901Watauga, North Carolina, United States
11 months
elder brother
Calvin Shelby Goulds
Birth: April 23, 1902 18 23Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 17, 1938Catawba, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder brother
Judson P Goulds
Birth: July 21, 1904 21 25Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 27, 1990Watauga, North Carolina, United States
22 months
himself
Willard Horton Goulds
Birth: May 10, 1906 22 27Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 17, 1968
2 years
younger brother
Hoye Patterson Goulds
Birth: June 12, 1908 24 29Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 2, 1969Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
Turner Greene Goulds
Birth: July 13, 1910 26 31Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death:
Father’s family with Chanie Roxie Greene - View this family
father
step-mother
half-sister
Annie P Goulds
Birth: August 5, 1918 35 28Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 20, 2007Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
3 years
half-brother
Felix Wright Goulds
Birth: February 6, 1921 37 30Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 31, 1994Watauga, North Carolina, United States
23 months
half-brother
James D Goulds
Birth: January 15, 1923 39 32Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 29, 2002
half-brother
Private
half-brother
Odus Phill Goulds
Birth: April 15, 1927 43 36Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 16, 2002Caldwell, North Carolina, United States

Willard Horton Goulds has 24 first cousins recorded