The Shemwell Family

Dermot “Bud” Shemwell Jr.Age: 80 years19151996

Name
Dermot “Bud” Shemwell Jr.
Given names
Dermot
Nickname
Bud
Surname
Shemwell
Name suffix
Jr.
Birth March 17, 1915 30 29
Birth of a sisterInfant Daughter Shemwell
July 6, 1916 (Age 15 months)
Death of a sisterInfant Daughter Shemwell
July 6, 1916 (Age 15 months)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 months)

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 21 months)

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 2 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 17, 1920 (Age 4 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherGertrude V Cochran
July 25, 1923 (Age 8 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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 22, 1930 (Age 15 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherBaxter Shemwell
May 31, 1932 (Age 17 years)
Cause: Gun shot wound to abdomen
Birth of a son
#1
Dermot B “Mot” Shemwell III
1939 (Age 23 years)
Census May 20, 1940 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 10, 1950 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 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 fatherDermot Shemwell
January 11, 1966 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Tyler Harrison Shemwell
June 11, 1980 (Age 65 years)
Death of a motherMary Cornelia “May” Foy
June 13, 1982 (Age 67 years)
Death of a sisterLaura Gertrude Shemwell
December 23, 1990 (Age 75 years)
Residence 1996 (Age 80 years)
Death February 2, 1996 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakview Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: October 18, 1905Barbour, Alabama, United States
2 years
elder sister
Laura Gertrude Shemwell
Birth: 1907 22 21Alabama, United States
Death: December 23, 1990Albany, Dougherty, Georgia, United States
20 months
elder sister
Irma Shemwell
Birth: September 1, 1908 24 23Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 1, 1909Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder sister
Mary Foy Shemwell
Birth: February 10, 1912 27 26North Carolina, United States
Death: October 21, 2005Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
3 years
himself
Dermot “Bud” Shemwell Jr.
Birth: March 17, 1915 30 29North Carolina, United States
Death: February 2, 1996Dougherty, Georgia, United States
16 months
younger sister
Infant Daughter Shemwell
Birth: July 6, 1916 32 30Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 6, 1916Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
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himself
Dermot “Bud” Shemwell Jr.
Birth: March 17, 1915 30 29North Carolina, United States
Death: February 2, 1996Dougherty, Georgia, United States
wife
Mary Lewis
Birth: March 27, 1919Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States
Death: March 17, 2015Albany, Dougherty, Georgia, United States
son
Dermot B “Mot” Shemwell III
Birth: 1939 23 19Albany, Dougherty, Georgia, United States
Death: March 10, 2011Johns Creek, Fulton, Georgia, United States
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Dermot “Bud” Shemwell Jr. has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Fred W Calvert - Household

Boarders - Pine St Albany, Dougherty, Georgia

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPFBPMBPOccupationIndEmp
Dermot ShemwellheadBoarderMW35MNCNCFLPresidentElectric Power Co.
Mary ShemwellwifeBoarderFW34MALALAL
Gertrude ShemwelldaughterBoarderFW13SALNCAL
Mary ShemwelldaughterBoarderFW8SNCNCAL
Dermot Shemwell Jr.sonBoarderMW5SNCNCAL

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Dermot Shemwell - Household

Dawson Rd Dougherty, GA

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Dermot ShemwellheadMW45M21NCNCNCManufactorIncenerator Co.
Mary ShemwellwifeFW43M19ALALAL
Mary ShemwelldaughterFW18SNCNCAL
Dermot Shemwell JrsonMW15SNCNCAL
Ewell Culbertsonson in lawMW24M24SCNCALSalesmanIncenerator Co.
Gertrude ShemwelldaughterFW23M23NCNCAL

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Dermot Shemwell - Household

906 N. Madison Albany, Doughtery, Georgia

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchEdBPResFarmOccupationIndustryVetWar
Dermot Shemwell SrheadMW55MNCOwn BusinessColonial Dairies
Mary ShemwellwifeFW54MAL
Dermot Shemwell Jr.sonMW24MNCsalesmanColonial Dairies
Mary Shemwelldaughter-in-lawFW21MGA
Dermot Shemwell IIIgrandsonMW7moSGA