The Shemwell Family

Pauline Muriel PowersAge: 81 years19111993

Name
Pauline Muriel Powers
Given names
Pauline Muriel
Surname
Powers
Married name
Pauline Muriel Gambill
Birth October 4, 1911 25 19
Death of a maternal grandmotherMartha Elander “Mattie” Williams
October 10, 1912 (Age 12 months)
Birth of a brotherJames Albert “Jimmie” Powers
March 19, 1914 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterHattie Lorene Powers
October 3, 1915 (Age 3 years)
Death of a sisterHattie Lorene Powers
July 17, 1916 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a sisterThelma R Powers
April 22, 1917 (Age 5 years)
Death of a sisterThelma R Powers
February 8, 1918 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherDewell Eugene Powers
November 1, 1918 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 5 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 6 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 26, 1920 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherEdwin Gilbert Powers
December 20, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Death of a brotherEdwin Gilbert Powers
May 7, 1921 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherLeonard Woodrow Powers
March 14, 1922 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherGeorge Jacob Powers
January 17, 1924 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterIda Mae Powers
December 7, 1925 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a sisterBertha Lucille Powers
May 11, 1928 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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 3, 1930 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a sisterMauriece Bessie “Marcy” Powers
May 13, 1930 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a sisterAlice Bernice Powers
February 7, 1932 (Age 20 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherIda Pennington
July 5, 1937 (Age 25 years)
Census April 3, 1940 (Age 28 years)
MarriageHomer Raymond GambillView this family
October 5, 1942 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Jerry Ray Gambill
December 3, 1942 (Age 31 years)
Death of a brotherGeorge Jacob Powers
December 24, 1944 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 paternal grandfatherAlbert Ernest Powers
September 27, 1949 (Age 37 years)
Census April 27, 1950 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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
Death of a husbandHomer Raymond Gambill
April 29, 1964 (Age 52 years)
Death of a fatherJacob Washington “Jake” Powers
November 20, 1971 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 motherCora Bessie Cox
July 2, 1976 (Age 64 years)
Death of a brotherPaul Millard Powers
February 1, 1987 (Age 75 years)
Death September 22, 1993 (Age 81 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lone Hill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
elder brother
Paul Millard Powers
Birth: February 11, 1910 23 17Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 1, 1987Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States
20 months
herself
Pauline Muriel Powers
Birth: October 4, 1911 25 19Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 22, 1993Ironton, Iron, Missouri, United States
2 years
younger brother
James Albert “Jimmie” Powers
Birth: March 19, 1914 27 21Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: November 24, 1997Seminole, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States
18 months
younger sister
Hattie Lorene Powers
Birth: October 3, 1915 29 23Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: July 17, 1916Butler, Missouri, United States
19 months
younger sister
Thelma R Powers
Birth: April 22, 1917 30 24Qulin, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: February 8, 1918Butler, Missouri, United States
18 months
younger brother
Dewell Eugene Powers
Birth: November 1, 1918 32 26Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: May 22, 1994Carlsbad, San Diego, California, United States
2 years
younger brother
Edwin Gilbert Powers
Birth: December 20, 1920 34 28Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: May 7, 1921Butler, Missouri, United States
15 months
younger brother
Leonard Woodrow Powers
Birth: March 14, 1922 35 29Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 14, 2003Nixa, Christian, Missouri, United States
22 months
younger brother
George Jacob Powers
Birth: January 17, 1924 37 31Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 24, 1944Neeleyville, Butler, Missouri, United States
23 months
younger sister
Ida Mae Powers
Birth: December 7, 1925 39 33Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 24, 1996Collinsville, Madison, Illinois, United States
2 years
younger sister
Bertha Lucille Powers
Birth: May 11, 1928 41 35Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 11, 2017Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
younger sister
Mauriece Bessie “Marcy” Powers
Birth: May 13, 1930 43 37Seminole, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 26, 2011St. Peters, St. Charles, Missouri, United States
21 months
younger sister
Alice Bernice Powers
Birth: February 7, 1932 45 39Seminole, Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 3, 2007Pocahontas, Randolph, Arkansas, United States
sister
Private
sister
Private
Family with Homer Raymond Gambill - View this family
husband
Homer Raymond Gambill
Birth: October 30, 1898Bluejacket, Craig, Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 29, 1964Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
herself
Pauline Muriel Powers
Birth: October 4, 1911 25 19Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 22, 1993Ironton, Iron, Missouri, United States
Marriage: October 5, 1942Butler, Missouri, United States
2 months
son
Jerry Ray Gambill
Birth: December 3, 1942 44 31Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: August 23, 2015Carmichael, Sacramento, California, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Washington “Jake” Powers - Household

Beaver Dam, Butler, MO

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Powers, J WheadMW33MMOMOMOFarmerHome Farm
Powers, BessiewifeFW27MMOINMO
Powers, Paul MsonMW9SARMOMO
Powers, Pauline MdaughterFW8SARMOMO
Powers, James AsonMW5SMOMOMO
Powers, Dewell EsonMW1-1mSMOMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Washington “Jake” Powers - Household

Econtuchka, Seminole, OK

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
J W PowersheadMW42M22MOMOMORoustaboutOil Field
Cora B CoxwifeFW37M17MOINMO
Paul M PowerssonMW20SARMOMO
Pauline M PowersdaughterFW18SARMOMO
James A PowerssonMW16SMOMOMO
Dewell E PowerssonMW11SMOMOMO
Leonard W PowerssonMW8SARMOMO
George W PowerssonMW6SARMOMO
Ida M PowersdaughterFW4-3mSARMOMO
Lucille B PowersdaughterFW1-11mSARMOMO

Lucille can't be 7-11m -b

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Homer Raymond Gambill - Household

Miller Road Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Gambill, Homer RheadMW52MarOK
Gambill, Pauline MwifeFW38MarAR
Gambill, Jerry RaysonMW7NevMO