The Shemwell Family

Lola Nichols1906

Name
Lola Nichols
Given names
Lola
Surname
Nichols
Birth estimated 1906 25 25
twin: Lulu M Nichols
Birth
Lulu M Nichols
estimated 1906 25 25
Birth of a sisterLulu M Nichols
estimated 1906
twin: Lola Nichols
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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 1, 1920 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Glenna R Shemwell
December 3, 1921 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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
Death of a fatherAbner Leroy “Roy” Nichols
1945 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 44 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 motherJosephine H
December 31, 1976 (Age 70 years)
Death of a husbandClarence Henry “Shemmy” Shemwell
June 27, 1982 (Age 76 years)
Death of a daughterGlenna R Shemwell
February 15, 2007 (Age 101 years)
Deathunknown

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mother
Josephine H
Birth: November 15, 1880Nebraska, United States
Death: December 31, 1976Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States
Marriage:
elder sister
6 years
herself
1 year
twin sister
Family with Clarence Henry “Shemmy” Shemwell - View this family
husband
herself
daughter
Glenna R Shemwell
Birth: December 3, 1921 23 15Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States
Death: February 15, 2007Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States
Clarence Henry “Shemmy” Shemwell + Hazel May Tilbury - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: November 11, 1924Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States
Divorce: May 2, 1932El Paso, Colorado, United States
Clarence Henry “Shemmy” Shemwell + Pearl Mary Rathke - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: September 17, 1934Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States
Clarence Henry “Shemmy” Shemwell + Lillian Marie Miller - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Lillian Marie Miller
Birth: May 19, 1912Cotton Hill, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Death: January 25, 2006Colorado, United States
step-daughter
Private
step-son
Private

Lola Nichols has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Abner Leroy Nichols - Household

Colorado Springs, El Paso, Co

NameRelationTenSexRaceAgeMCYOIN/AYONEduBPFBPMBPNLEng?OccupationIndustryEmploy
Roy NicholsheadMW39SKSPNPNLaborFarm
Josephine NicholswifeFW39SNEDENDEN
Irene NicholsdaughterFW19SKSKSNEStenographerInsurance Co.
Lola NicholsdaughterFW14SKSKSNE
Lulu NicholsdaughterFW14SKSKSNE

Notes: S. Weber