The Shemwell Family

Effie Pearl CatheyAge: 95 years19082003

Name
Effie Pearl Cathey
Given names
Effie Pearl
Surname
Cathey
Married name
Effie Pearl Chadwick
Birth February 7, 1908
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/
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
Birth of a son
#1
Glen Levi Chadwick
February 4, 1938 (Age 29 years)
Census May 6, 1940 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Ronnie Hamilton Chadwick
August 10, 1940 (Age 32 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
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
MarriageMurray Levi ChadwickView this family
July 31, 1961 (Age 53 years)
Death of a husbandMurray Levi Chadwick
July 1968 (Age 60 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 September 5, 2003 (Age 95 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery
Family with Murray Levi Chadwick - View this family
husband
herself
Effie Pearl Cathey
Birth: February 7, 1908Big Sandy, Benton, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 5, 2003Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: July 31, 1961Robertson, Tennessee, United States
-24 years
son
Glen Levi Chadwick
Birth: February 4, 1938 50 29Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Death: May 20, 2017Tennessee, United States
3 years
son
Ronnie Hamilton Chadwick
Birth: August 10, 1940 52 32Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 17, 2024Dickson, Tennessee, United States
Murray Levi Chadwick + Mamie Flora Shemwell - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: September 20, 1908Houston, Tennessee, United States
11 months
step-son
Murray Freeman Chadwick
Birth: August 21, 1909 21 18Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 2, 1934Danville, Houston, Tennessee, United States
17 months
step-daughter
Alberta Mildred Chadwick
Birth: January 10, 1911 22 19Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 11, 2002Humboldt, Gibson, Tennessee, United States
3 years
step-son
William Thomas “Bill” Chadwick Sr.
Birth: August 27, 1913 25 22Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 14, 2001Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, United States
2 years
step-son
Edward Eugene Chadwick
Birth: September 5, 1915 27 24Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 5, 1992Lincoln Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States
19 months
step-daughter
Imagene Bertha Chadwick
Birth: April 3, 1917 29 26Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 21, 1941Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
10 years
step-son
Otho Shemwell “Joe” Chadwick
Birth: February 16, 1927 39 35Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 10, 2002Houston, Tennessee, United States

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Murray Levi Chadwick - Household

River Road Houston, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchEdBPResFarmOccupationIndustryVetWar
Murray L ChadwickheadMW52MTNDetroitSaw Mill OperatorSaw Mill
Effie P ChadwickwifeFW32MTNDetroit
Otho S ChadwicksonMW13STNDetroit
Glennie L ChadwicksonMW2STN