Martha Ellen ShemwellAge: 71 years1922–1993
- Name
- Martha Ellen Shemwell
- Given names
- Martha Ellen
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Martha Ellen Delaney
 Birth | March 5, 1922 32 30 |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 7 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 1, 1930 (Age 8 years) |
 Death of a mother | Thelbert B Jones September 14, 1935 (Age 13 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1940 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Lucy M Gilliam February 1, 1942 (Age 19 years) Cause: Cancer of stomach and hypertension |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 19 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 |
| Marriage of a parent | Luther Cashman Shemwell — Frances W Hathaway — View this family about 1947 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Darrell Ray Shemwell January 12, 1948 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Carolyn Jo “Jody” Delaney September 4, 1949 (Age 27 years) |
| Census | April 11, 1950 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Jenny Lou Shemwell July 31, 1952 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 27 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 father | Luther Cashman Shemwell August 16, 1972 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a brother | Howard W Shemwell October 1, 1973 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 23 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 of a husband | Harley “Red” Delaney Jr March 1985 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a sister | Aria Annette Shemwell July 13, 1992 (Age 70 years) |
 Death | September 1, 1993 (Age 71 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Luther Cashman Shemwell Birth: July 25, 1889 36 30 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 16, 1972 — Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Thelbert B Jones Birth: July 12, 1891 — Ballard, Kentucky, United States Death: September 14, 1935 — Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: March 5, 1913 — Oscar, Ballard, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Howard W Shemwell Birth: January 4, 1916 26 24 — Illinois, United States Death: October 1, 1973 |
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3 years elder sister |
Aria Annette Shemwell Birth: August 10, 1918 29 27 — Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States Death: July 13, 1992 — Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States |
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4 years herself |
Martha Ellen Shemwell Birth: March 5, 1922 32 30 — Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States Death: September 1, 1993 — Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States |
| Father’s family with Frances W Hathaway |
| father |
Luther Cashman Shemwell Birth: July 25, 1889 36 30 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 16, 1972 — Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States |
| step-mother |
Frances W Hathaway Birth: January 26, 1913 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: July 5, 1993 — Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: about 1947 — |
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1 year half-brother |
Darrell Ray Shemwell Birth: January 12, 1948 58 34 — Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States Death: January 24, 2021 — Carbondale, Jackson, Illinois, United States |
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5 years half-sister |
Jenny Lou Shemwell Birth: July 31, 1952 63 39 — Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States Death: January 13, 2025 — Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Harley “Red” Delaney Jr |
| husband |
Harley “Red” Delaney Jr Birth: June 6, 1923 — Centralia, Marion, Illinois, United States Death: March 1985 |
| herself |
Martha Ellen Shemwell Birth: March 5, 1922 32 30 — Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States Death: September 1, 1993 — Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| daughter |
Carolyn Jo “Jody” Delaney Birth: September 4, 1949 26 27 — Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States Death: January 22, 1998 |
Martha Ellen Shemwell has 14 first cousins recorded
Father's family (14)
Parents Clayborn Edward Gooch + Zillia Ann Shemwell
Parents Marvin Browden Shemwell + Katie Thomas Moss
Parents Gaither Henry Adison Moore + Kerna Elliot Shemwell
Parents Dallas Hedger Shemwell + Idell Ward
Parents Felix Jason Shemwell Sr. + Lou Anna Rollings
1Private–
Parents Curtis Lee Shemwell + Louise Aletha “Larie” Simmons
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Luther Cashman Shemwell - Household
Sycamore Ave. Cairo, Alexander, Ill.
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Luther Cashman Shemwell - Household
Sycamore St. Cairo, Alexander, Ill.
Notes: Cash is widowed |