The Shemwell Family

Bertha Joan BadgettAge: 66 years18961962

Name
Bertha Joan Badgett
Given names
Bertha Joan
Surname
Badgett
Married name
Bertha Joan Breezeel
Birth February 5, 1896
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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/
MarriageGuy R BreezeelView this family
about 1922 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Juanita Breezeel
June 24, 1923 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Rudy Virl Breezeel
November 4, 1924 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Novis Barton “Bob” Breezeel
May 1, 1929 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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 12, 1930 (Age 34 years)
Census April 6, 1940 (Age 44 years)
Death of a sonNovis Barton “Bob” Breezeel
February 26, 1942 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 53 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 49 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 November 4, 1962 (Age 66 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Level United Methodist Church Cemetery
Family with Guy R Breezeel - View this family
husband
Guy R Breezeel
Birth: October 23, 1903 32 22Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 10, 1967Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
herself
Marriage: about 1922
18 months
daughter
Juanita Breezeel
Birth: June 24, 1923 19 27Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 8, 2009Marshall, Kentucky, United States
16 months
son
Rudy Virl Breezeel
Birth: November 4, 1924 21 28Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 24, 1990Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
5 years
son
Novis Barton “Bob” Breezeel
Birth: May 1, 1929 25 33Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 26, 1942Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Guy R Breezeel - Household

Dist. 4 Marshall, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Guy R BreezeelheadMW26MKYKYKYFarmerFarm
Bertha J BadgettwifeFW34MKYILKY
Juanita BreezeeldaughterFW6SKYKYKY
Rudy V BreezeelsonMW5SKYKYKY
Novis B BreezeelsonMW1SKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Guy R Breezeel - Household

Dist 4 Middle Ford Creek, Oak Level Marshall, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchEdBPResFBPMBPFarmOccupationIndustryEmpWksIncVetWar
Guy BreezeelheadMW36MKYLaborerRoad Work
Bertha BreezellwifeFW44MKY
Juanita BreezeeldaughterFW16SKY
Rudy V BreezeelsonMW15S
Novis B BreezeeldaughterFW10SKY

Note: Novis is listed as a daughter