The Shemwell Family

George Willimet HillAge: 68 years1910–1978

Name
George Willimet Hill
Given names
George Willimet
Surname
Hill
Birth January 11, 1910
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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 19 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Janice Gibson Hill
July 13, 1934 (Age 24 years)
Death of a daughterJanice Gibson Hill
September 20, 1934 (Age 24 years)
Burial of a daughterJanice Gibson Hill
September 22, 1934 (Age 24 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ford Cemetery
Birth of a son
#2
Richard Kent “Dick” Hill
February 2, 1939 (Age 29 years)
Census April 30, 1940 (Age 30 years)
Military October 16, 1940 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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
Census April 21, 1950 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 35 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 November 30, 1978 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunset Memorial Park
Family with Jessie L Gibson - View this family
himself
George Willimet Hill
Birth: January 11, 1910 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 30, 1978 — Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States
wife
Jessie L Gibson
Birth: September 5, 1911 31 30 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 3, 2002 — Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States
daughter
Janice Gibson Hill
Birth: July 13, 1934 24 22 — Murray, Calloway, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 20, 1934 — Murray, Calloway, Kentucky, United States
5 years
son
Richard Kent “Dick” Hill
Birth: February 2, 1939 29 27 — Calloway, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 7, 2005 — Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States
daughter
Private

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - George Willimet Hill - Household

1227 Jefferson Street Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Hill, George WheadMW30MKYMurrayCallowayKYLevelman EngineerState Highway Dept
Hill, JessieXwifeFW28MKYMurrayCallowayKY
Hill, Richard KentsonMW1SKY