The Shemwell Family

Gertrude Lee SelfAge: 77 years19011979

Name
Gertrude Lee Self
Given names
Gertrude Lee
Surname
Self
Married name
Gertrude Lee Jones
Birth March 10, 1901 23 18
Birth of a brotherRoy Frank Self
February 29, 1908 (Age 6 years)
Death of a brotherRoy Frank Self
August 1908 (Age 7 years)
Shared note: In the 1910 Census, it is shown that Lillie Self had bore 2 children with just 1 (Gertrude) still living. It is presumed that the deceased child was Roy Frank Self.
Census April 22, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Shared note: In the 1910 Census, it is shown that Lillie Self had bore 2 children with just 1 (Gertrude) still living. It is presumed that the deceased child was Roy Frank Self.
Birth of a sisterTheda Faye Self
September 6, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Death of a sisterTheda Faye Self
April 1911 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherInfant Self
July 14, 1911 (Age 10 years)
Death of a brotherInfant Self
July 14, 1911 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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 3, 1920 (Age 18 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Franklin Pruitt
April 30, 1924 (Age 23 years)
Death of a motherLillie Pearl Pruitt
July 3, 1927 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 9, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNeoma Angeline “Oma” Beckham
April 22, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 husbandArtice Jones
July 6, 1953 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 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 fatherJohn William Self
July 12, 1957 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 February 17, 1979 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hopewell Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
John William Self
Birth: March 12, 1877Self, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 12, 1957Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States
mother
Lillie Pearl Pruitt
Birth: August 27, 1882 29 24Self, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 3, 1927Omaha, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: October 24, 1897Boone, Arkansas, United States
3 years
herself
Gertrude Lee Self
Birth: March 10, 1901 23 18Omaha, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 17, 1979Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
7 years
younger brother
Roy Frank Self
Birth: February 29, 1908 30 25Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 1908Boone, Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger sister
Theda Faye Self
Birth: September 6, 1910 33 28Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 1911Boone, Arkansas, United States
10 months
younger brother
Infant Self
Birth: July 14, 1911 34 28Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 14, 1911Boone, Arkansas, United States
Family with Artice Jones - View this family
husband
Artice Jones
Birth: January 1, 1897Omaha, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 6, 1953Omaha, Boone, Arkansas, United States
herself
Gertrude Lee Self
Birth: March 10, 1901 23 18Omaha, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 17, 1979Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
son
Private

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - John William Self - Household

ED 45 Long Creek, Boone, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Self, Will JheadMW33M112ARALALEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmOAYesYesOFF
Self, LilliewifeFW27M11221ARUnited StatesAREnglishNoneYesYes
Self, GertiedaughterFW9SARARARNoneYes

Census
In the 1910 Census, it is shown that Lillie Self had bore 2 children with just 1 (Gertrude) still living. It is presumed that the deceased child was Roy Frank Self.
Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John William Self - Household

ED 49 Omaha, Boone, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Self, John WheadOFMW42MYesYesARCAARYesManagerGrist MillOA
Self, LilliewifeFW37MYesYesARARARYesNone
Self, GertiedaughterFW18SYesYesYesARARARYesSales GirlDry Goods StoreW

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - John William Self - Household

ED 23 Omaha, Boone, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Self, Will JheadO2500YesMW53Wd20NoYesARARARYesMerchantGrocery StoreOYes
Jones, Artice Json-in-lawMW32M21NoYesARMOARYesChaufferTruckWYes
Jones, GertrudedaughterFW29M19NoYesARARARYesNone
Jones, Billy JoegrandsonMW2 years 9 monthsSNoNoARARARNone