Hettie Gertrude “Gertie” AsherAge: 46 years1898–1944
- Name
- Hettie Gertrude “Gertie” Asher
- Given names
- Hettie Gertrude
- Surname
- Asher
- Married name
- Hettie Gertrude Sears
- Nickname
- Gertie
 Birth | February 13, 1898 25 25 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 days)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 9, 1900 (Age 2 years) |
 Birth of a brother | John Riley Asher September 19, 1900 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | James Riley Asher January 20, 1904 (Age 5 years) |
| Census | April 20, 1910 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Patience Jane Blake October 14, 1912 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John Patrick Shemwell Jr. January 14, 1913 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 17 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 18 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 19 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 7, 1920 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Hester Sherrod January 7, 1922 (Age 23 years) Note: Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA |
 Marriage | Eddie Sears — View this family March 12, 1929 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 31 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 |
| Death of a father | James Thomas Asher March 19, 1939 (Age 41 years) |
| Census | April 22, 1940 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a mother | Etta Bell Shemwell April 25, 1942 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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 | October 13, 1944 (Age 46 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lewisburg Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Thomas Asher Birth: July 9, 1872 36 30 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: March 19, 1939 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Etta Bell Shemwell Birth: August 4, 1872 35 24 — Kentucky, United States Death: April 25, 1942 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: 1892 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Leslie Elbert Asher Birth: July 2, 1894 21 21 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 7, 1965 |
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15 months elder brother |
Ellis Elvin Asher Birth: October 6, 1895 23 23 — Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 19, 1945 — Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years herself |
Hettie Gertrude “Gertie” Asher Birth: February 13, 1898 25 25 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 13, 1944 |
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3 years younger brother |
John Riley Asher Birth: September 19, 1900 28 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 2, 1965 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Eddie Sears |
| husband |
Eddie Sears Birth: July 9, 1903 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: |
| herself |
Hettie Gertrude “Gertie” Asher Birth: February 13, 1898 25 25 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 13, 1944 |
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Marriage: March 12, 1929 — Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States |
Hettie Gertrude “Gertie” Asher has 14 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (14)
Parents Wiley “Buck” Shemwell + Sarah Permelia Sherrod
Parents George Henry Shemwell + Lucinda “Lou” Stinson
Parents Samuel Christian Shemwell + Bird Clio “Birdie” Hinton
Parents Samuel Christian Shemwell + Missie Germ “Germie” Edwards
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Thomas Asher - Household
Clifty, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Thomas Asher - Household
Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James Thomas Asher - Household
Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Etta Bell Shemwell - Household
Logan, Kentucky
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