The Shemwell Family

Jessie Belle WoodringAge: 52 years18991952

Name
Jessie Belle Woodring
Given names
Jessie Belle
Surname
Woodring
Married name
Jessie Belle McNeill
Birth October 24, 1899 24 14
Marriage of parentsCharles Franklin “Charley” WoodringEva Lee RichardsonView this family
May 10, 1903 (Age 3 years)
Census May 16, 1910 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherEwing Alford Woodring
September 24, 1911 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterLucille Hazel Woodring
November 21, 1913 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 sisterGladys Opal Woodring
April 29, 1918 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 17 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 18 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/
Birth of a son
#1
Charles Doyle McNeill
March 31, 1919 (Age 19 years)
Census January 20, 1920 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Gerald McNeill
October 20, 1929 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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 30, 1930 (Age 30 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 maternal grandmotherVirginia D “Jennie” Shemwell
November 26, 1947 (Age 48 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherEdward M Richardson
December 17, 1947 (Age 48 years)
Death of a fatherCharles Franklin “Charley” Woodring
October 27, 1950 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 50 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 46 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 April 24, 1952 (Age 52 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hillcrest Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: May 10, 1903Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
-4 years
herself
Jessie Belle Woodring
Birth: October 24, 1899 24 14Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 24, 1952Tulare, California, United States
12 years
younger brother
Ewing Alford Woodring
Birth: September 24, 1911 36 26Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 9, 1983Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
younger sister
Lucille Hazel Woodring
Birth: November 21, 1913 38 28Lexington, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 7, 1989Tehama, Tehama, California, United States
4 years
younger sister
Gladys Opal Woodring
Birth: April 29, 1918 43 33Allen, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States
Death: August 3, 1995Contra Costa, California, United States
Mother’s family with Private - View this family
step-father
Private
mother
Family with James F McNeill - View this family
husband
James F McNeill
Birth: March 23, 1893Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 14, 1969Orland, Glenn, California, United States
herself
Jessie Belle Woodring
Birth: October 24, 1899 24 14Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 24, 1952Tulare, California, United States
son
Charles Doyle McNeill
Birth: March 31, 1919 26 19Imperial, California, United States
Death: January 7, 1995Hood River, Hood River, Oregon, United States
son
Private
son
Private
daughter
Private
son
Private
son
Gerald McNeill
Birth: October 20, 1929 36 29Imperial, California, United States
Death: November 27, 2007Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States
son
Private
daughter
Private

Jessie Belle Woodring has 12 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Charles Franklin “Charley” Woodring - Household

Wayne, McClain, Oklahoma

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Woodring, CharlesheadMW34M7NCNCNCFarmerGeneral Farm
Woodring, EvawifeFW24M721MOMOMO
Woodring, JessiedaughterFW6SOKNCMO
Richardson, Frankbrother in lawMW21SMOMOMOLaborerFarm labor

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles Franklin “Charley” Woodring - Household

Allen, Pontotoc, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Woodring, Charles FheadMW46MNCNCNCFarmerGeneral farmer
Woodring, EvawifeFW36MMOMOMO
Woodring, JessiedaughterFW16SOKNCMO
Woodring, EwingsonMW8SOKNCMO
Woodring, LucilledaughterFW6SOKNCMO
Woodring, GladiedaughterFW1SOKNCMO
Richardson, Claudbrother in law(lodger)MW38SMOMOMOFarmLabor