The Shemwell Family

Beulah Gladys RobyAge: 92 years19061998

Name
Beulah Gladys Roby
Given names
Beulah Gladys
Surname
Roby
Married name
Beulah Gladys Kimball
Birth February 5, 1906 23 15
Census April 22, 1910 (Age 4 years)
Death of a motherBertha Shemwell
January 7, 1911 (Age 4 years)
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
Death of a maternal grandfatherEdward Shemwell
May 19, 1917 (Age 11 years)
Cause: Cirrhosis of the liver
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/
Birth of a son
#1
Jesse Charles Kimball
July 27, 1926 (Age 20 years)
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
Census April 15, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Willard Kimball
October 14, 1931 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Beulah Gladys Kimball
July 31, 1934 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Billy Ray “Buster” Kimball
December 31, 1936 (Age 30 years)
Census May 15, 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
Death of a daughterBeulah Gladys Kimball
November 3, 1953 (Age 47 years)
Cause: Injuries suffered in auto accident
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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Gary Ray Kimball
October 5, 1954 (Age 48 years)
Death of a husbandWillard L “Jake” Kimball
January 1, 1972 (Age 65 years)
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 sonWillard Kimball
July 31, 1976 (Age 70 years)
Death May 16, 1998 (Age 92 years)
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father
mother
Bertha Shemwell
Birth: June 9, 1890 35Mississippi, Missouri, United States
Death: January 7, 1911St. James, Mississippi, Missouri, United States
Marriage: December 30, 1903Scott, Missouri, United States
2 years
herself
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husband
herself
daughter
Private
son
Jesse Charles Kimball
Birth: July 27, 1926 21 20New Madrid, Missouri, United States
Death: May 10, 2006New Madrid, New Madrid, Missouri, United States
son
Private
son
Willard Kimball
Birth: October 14, 1931 26 25New Madrid, Missouri, United States
Death: July 31, 1976Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
3 years
daughter
Beulah Gladys Kimball
Birth: July 31, 1934 29 28New Madrid, Missouri, United States
Death: November 3, 1953Festus, Jefferson, Missouri, United States
son
Private
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
son
Billy Ray “Buster” Kimball
Birth: December 31, 1936 32 30New Madrid, Missouri, United States
Death: March 17, 2013Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States
son
Private

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Roby - Household

Tywappity, Mississippi, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Roby, BenjaminheadMW27M6ILKYILFarm LaborerWorking out
Roby, BerthawifeFW21M621MOILMO
Roby, GladysdaughterFW4SMOILMO
Shemwell, Edwardfather in lawMW56WdILTNILFarm LaborerWorking out