Helen ShemwellAge: 91 years1908–2000
- Name
- Helen Shemwell
- Given names
- Helen
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Helen Bohannon
- Married name
- Helen Rousseau
 Birth | December 20, 1908 23 25 |
 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 |
| 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/ |
 Census | February 17, 1920 (Age 11 years) |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | Joseph Mason Shemwell May 9, 1925 (Age 16 years) Cause: Suicide |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 20 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 21 years) |
| Death of a mother | Ethel Otey August 9, 1936 (Age 27 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1940 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Josephine “Josie” Gibbs November 15, 1940 (Age 31 years) |
 Marriage | James J Rousseau — View this family after 1940 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 |
| 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 husband | James J Rousseau June 10, 1967 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a father | Clifton “Cliff” Shemwell February 7, 1974 (Age 65 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 brother | Clyde Sinnott Shemwell May 27, 1982 (Age 73 years) |
 Death | October 6, 2000 (Age 91 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Grove Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
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Clifton “Cliff” Shemwell Birth: November 7, 1885 26 18 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 7, 1974 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Ethel Otey Birth: July 27, 1883 — Melber, McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: August 9, 1936 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: 1905 — |
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21 months elder brother |
Clyde Sinnott Shemwell Birth: September 30, 1906 20 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 27, 1982 — Kentucky, United States |
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2 years herself |
Helen Shemwell Birth: December 20, 1908 23 25 — Melber, McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: October 6, 2000 |
| Family with Private |
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Private |
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Helen Shemwell Birth: December 20, 1908 23 25 — Melber, McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: October 6, 2000 |
| Family with James J Rousseau |
| husband |
James J Rousseau Birth: August 2, 1907 — Kentucky, United States Death: June 10, 1967 |
| herself |
Helen Shemwell Birth: December 20, 1908 23 25 — Melber, McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: October 6, 2000 |
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Marriage: after 1940 — |
Helen Shemwell has 8 first cousins recorded
Father's family (8)
Parents John Richard Bryant + Genie Belle Shemwell
Parents Ernest E Shemwell + Lenora A Huddleston
Parents William Herschel Huie + Vera Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Clifton “Cliff” Shemwell - Household
Paducah, McCracken, KY
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Clifton “Cliff” Shemwell - Household
Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Clyde S Shemwell - Household
Paducah, McCracken, KY
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