The Shemwell Family

Roderick Connell1916

Name
Roderick Connell
Given names
Roderick
Surname
Connell
Birth calculated 1916
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 12 months)

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 2 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 13 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
MarriageAria Annette ShemwellView this family
June 3, 1938 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Connell
January 8, 1939 (Age 23 years)
Death of a sonConnell
January 8, 1939 (Age 23 years)
Census May 24, 1940 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 34 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 30 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 wifeAria Annette Shemwell
July 13, 1992 (Age 76 years)
Deathunknown

Family with Aria Annette Shemwell - View this family
himself
wife
Aria Annette Shemwell
Birth: August 10, 1918 29 27Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States
Death: July 13, 1992Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
Marriage: June 3, 1938Charleston, Mississippi, Missouri, United States
7 months
son
Connell
Birth: January 8, 1939 23 20Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States
Death: January 8, 1939Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States
Frank Dynis + Aria Annette Shemwell - View this family
wife’s husband
Frank Dynis
Birth: October 3, 1915West Frankfort, Franklin, Illinois, United States
Death: October 5, 1979Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States
wife
Aria Annette Shemwell
Birth: August 10, 1918 29 27Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States
Death: July 13, 1992Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
Marriage:

No family available

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Roderick Connell - Household

N. McKinley Street Mounds, Pulaski, IL

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Connell, RoderickheadMW24MILSame placeCheck ClerkFederal Barge Line
Connell, AnnettewifeFW21MILCairoAlexanderIL
Ebbs, Frank LlodgerMW56MILSame placeProprietorConf. ?
Ebbs, NelliewifeFW47MILSame place