Dorothy Eleanor ShemwellAge: 98 years1908–2006
- Name
- Dorothy Eleanor Shemwell
- Given names
- Dorothy Eleanor
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Dorothy Eleanor Waggener
 Birth | August 20, 1908 43 34 |
 Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 19 months) |
 Birth of a brother | Rev. James Albert Shemwell Sr. November 17, 1910 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Margaret Wayne Shemwell January 12, 1913 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a sister | Margaret Wayne Shemwell January 8, 1914 (Age 5 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
 Occupation | Educator |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 7 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a sister | Elizabeth Randolph Shemwell April 12, 1918 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 8 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 9 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/ |
| Death of a father | Judge Robert Lee Shemwell April 5, 1919 (Age 10 years) |
| Census | January 9, 1920 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Elizabeth Diuguid November 29, 1923 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 21 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 8, 1930 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Joseph Taylor “Joe” Waggener April 2, 1931 (Age 22 years) |
| Census | April 2, 1940 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 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 mother | Wilhelmina Queen “Willie” Bourland August 9, 1959 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Virgil Jefferson “Jeff” Waggener October 7, 1961 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a brother | Robert Lee Shemwell Jr. February 18, 1963 (Age 54 years) |
| Burial of a brother | Robert Lee Shemwell Jr. February 22, 1963 (Age 54 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fort Lincoln Cemetery |
| Death of a sister | Mary Catherine Shemwell 1968 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a sister | Adeline Olivia Shemwell February 22, 1973 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a sister | Helen Rebecca Shemwell January 28, 1975 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 sister | Julia Clark Shemwell January 26, 1987 (Age 78 years) |
| Death of a brother | Rev. James Albert Shemwell Sr. August 27, 1994 (Age 86 years) |
| Death of a husband | Virgil Glenn Waggener October 13, 1996 (Age 88 years) |
 Death | December 27, 2006 (Age 98 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Judge Robert Lee Shemwell Birth: March 14, 1865 45 43 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: April 5, 1919 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Wilhelmina Queen “Willie” Bourland Birth: March 10, 1874 30 27 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 9, 1959 — Fairfax, Virginia, United States |
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Marriage: June 2, 1896 — Calloway, Kentucky, United States |
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9 months elder sister |
Mary Catherine Shemwell Birth: March 14, 1897 32 23 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: 1968 — Arlington, Virginia, United States |
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17 months elder sister |
Helen Rebecca Shemwell Birth: August 18, 1898 33 24 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 28, 1975 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months elder sister |
Ruth Shemwell Birth: May 31, 1900 35 26 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: June 15, 1901 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Adeline Olivia Shemwell Birth: May 1902 37 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 22, 1973 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
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21 months elder sister |
Laura Bell Shemwell Birth: January 15, 1904 38 29 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: June 20, 1904 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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14 months elder sister |
Julia Clark Shemwell Birth: March 17, 1905 40 31 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 26, 1987 — Delray Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, United States |
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21 months elder brother |
Robert Lee Shemwell Jr. Birth: December 27, 1906 41 32 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 18, 1963 — Riverdale, Prince George's, Maryland, United States |
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20 months herself |
Dorothy Eleanor Shemwell Birth: August 20, 1908 43 34 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 27, 2006 — Dixon, Webster, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Rev. James Albert Shemwell Sr. Birth: November 17, 1910 45 36 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 27, 1994 — Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Margaret Wayne Shemwell Birth: January 12, 1913 47 38 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 8, 1914 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Elizabeth Randolph Shemwell Birth: April 12, 1918 53 44 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: November 17, 2011 — Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States |
| Family with Virgil Glenn Waggener |
| husband |
Virgil Glenn Waggener Birth: April 1, 1903 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 13, 1996 — Dixon, Webster, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Dorothy Eleanor Shemwell Birth: August 20, 1908 43 34 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 27, 2006 — Dixon, Webster, Kentucky, United States |
| son |
Joseph Taylor “Joe” Waggener Birth: April 2, 1931 28 22 — Kentucky, United States Death: April 4, 2010 — Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States |
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Dorothy Eleanor Shemwell has 24 first cousins recorded
Father's family (22)
Parents Pleasant Greenberry Shemwell + Martha Angeline Lyles
Parents Joseph Brooks “Boots” Lyles + Nancy Adeline Shemwell
Parents Dr. James Buchanan Shemwell + Luella Bell
Parents Alexander Lee Riley + Madora E “Dora” Shemwell
Parents Peter Pinkney Shemwell + Veronica Ann “Kittie” Nance
Mother's family (2)
Parents Thomas Erwin “Tom” Garland + Effie Bernice Bourland
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Robert Lee Shemwell - Household
Maiden Alley Benton, Marshall, Ky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Willie Queen Bourland - Household
Maiden Lane Benton Marshall Ky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Joseph “Joe” Waggener - Household
Blackford & Wheatcroft Road Webster, Kentucky
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