The Shemwell Family

Lowell William ShamelAge: 82 years19161998

Name
Lowell William Shamel
Given names
Lowell William
Surname
Shamel
Birth March 11, 1916 32 27
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 9 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 21 months)

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 3 years)
Birth of a sisterElizabeth Lee Shamel
March 6, 1923 (Age 6 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas William Shamel
June 28, 1923 (Age 7 years)
Address: Near Competition
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 13 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 24, 1930 (Age 14 years)
Census April 23, 1940 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 7, 1950 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 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 fatherWilliam “Bill” Shamel
July 24, 1970 (Age 54 years)
Death of a motherBirdie M Hough
August 10, 1973 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 wifeYolande R Bilodeau
August 6, 1980 (Age 64 years)
Death September 29, 1998 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Competition Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: April 16, 1913Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
19 months
elder sister
16 months
himself
Lowell William Shamel
Birth: March 11, 1916 32 27Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: September 29, 1998Stuart, Martin, Florida, United States
7 years
younger sister
Elizabeth Lee Shamel
Birth: March 6, 1923 39 34Missouri, United States
Death: January 12, 2023Rensselaer, Jasper, Indiana, United States
Family with Yolande R Bilodeau - View this family
himself
Lowell William Shamel
Birth: March 11, 1916 32 27Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: September 29, 1998Stuart, Martin, Florida, United States
wife
Yolande R Bilodeau
Birth: August 21, 1926York, Sanford, York, Maine, United States
Death: August 6, 1980Laclede, Missouri, United States
son
Private
daughter
Private
daughter
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daughter
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Lowell William Shamel has 15 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Shamel - Household

Franklin, Laclede, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shamel, WilliamheadMW36MMOKYMOFarmerGeneral Farm
Shamel, Birdie MwifeFW31MMOMOMO
Shamel, Lowell WsonMW3-11mSMOMOMO
Shamel, GlennisdaughterFW5SMOMOMO
Shamel, Thomas WfatherMW70WdKYNCVA

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Shamel - Household

Franklin, Laclede, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shamel, WilliamheadMW42M32MOKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Shamel, Birdie MwifeFW48M36MOMOMO
Shamel, Glennis BdaughterFW15SMOMOMO
Shamel, Lowell WsonMW14SMOMOMO
Shamel, ElidaughterFW7SMOMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - William Shamel - Household

Roads leading to Competition Franklin, Laclede, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Shamel, WilliamXheadMW58MMOsame houseFarmerFarm
Shamel, BirdiewifeFW51MMO
Shamel, LowellsonMW23SMOFarmerFarm
Shamel, ElizabethdaughterFW17SMO