The Shemwell Family

Ewell Robert “Dooley” CulbertsonAge: 91 years19061997

Name
Ewell Robert “Dooley” Culbertson
Given names
Ewell Robert
Nickname
Dooley
Surname
Culbertson
Birth March 15, 1906
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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 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
Engagement
Engagement Announcement
February 3, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Census April 22, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Military
WWII Draft Registration
1940 (Age 33 years)
Census May 7, 1940 (Age 34 years)
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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 39 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 wifeLaura Gertrude Shemwell
December 23, 1990 (Age 84 years)
Death September 26, 1997 (Age 91 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crown Hill Cemetery
Family with Laura Gertrude Shemwell - View this family
himself
Ewell Robert “Dooley” Culbertson
Birth: March 15, 1906Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: September 26, 1997Albany, Dougherty, Georgia, United States
wife
Laura Gertrude Shemwell
Birth: 1907 22 21Alabama, United States
Death: December 23, 1990Albany, Dougherty, Georgia, United States
son
Private
son
Private

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Dermot Shemwell - Household

Dawson Rd Dougherty, GA

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Dermot ShemwellheadMW45M21NCNCNCManufactorIncenerator Co.
Mary ShemwellwifeFW43M19ALALAL
Mary ShemwelldaughterFW18SNCNCAL
Dermot Shemwell JrsonMW15SNCNCAL
Ewell Culbertsonson in lawMW24M24SCNCALSalesmanIncenerator Co.
Gertrude ShemwelldaughterFW23M23NCNCAL