The Shemwell Family

Ottilia Catherine WatsonAge: 95 years19092005

Name
Ottilia Catherine Watson
Given names
Ottilia Catherine
Surname
Watson
Married name
Ottilia Catherine Brocar
Married name
Ottilia Catherine Shemwell
Birth August 11, 1909
MarriageWilliam Albert BrocarView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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 20 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 40 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 36 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
MarriageJames Allen “Pat” ShemwellView this family
February 7, 1980 (Age 70 years)
Death of a husbandJames Allen “Pat” Shemwell
August 30, 1983 (Age 74 years)
Death May 25, 2005 (Age 95 years)
Family with William Albert Brocar - View this family
husband
herself
Ottilia Catherine Watson
Birth: August 11, 1909Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 25, 2005Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
Family with James Allen “Pat” Shemwell - View this family
husband
James Allen “Pat” Shemwell
Birth: April 3, 1912 37 24Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 30, 1983Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
herself
Ottilia Catherine Watson
Birth: August 11, 1909Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 25, 2005Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: February 7, 1980Christian, Kentucky, United States
James Allen “Pat” Shemwell + Dorothy Thompson Lowry - View this family
husband
James Allen “Pat” Shemwell
Birth: April 3, 1912 37 24Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 30, 1983Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: September 7, 1945McCracken, Kentucky, United States

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