The Shemwell Family

Charles W McCormickAge: 67 years19081975

Name
Charles W McCormick
Given names
Charles W
Surname
McCormick
Birth 1908

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
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World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 10 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/
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
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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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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
Civil marriageDoris Mae ShemwellView this family
November 9, 1971 (Age 63 years)
Death of a wifeDoris Mae Shemwell
1973 (Age 65 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 1975 (Age 67 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Palm Downtown Cemetery
Family with Doris Mae Shemwell - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: November 9, 1971Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States
Charles Morley Kingstedt + Doris Mae Shemwell - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: February 19, 1944Richmond, Virginia, United States
21 months
step-daughter
Gail Diane Kingstedt
Birth: November 19, 1945 28 21Richmond, Virginia, United States
Death: August 23, 2000Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States
15 months
step-daughter
Carol Ann Kingstedt
Birth: February 7, 1947 30 22Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
Death: May 1979