William Caswell ShemwellAge: 66 years1915–1981
- Name
- William Caswell Shemwell
- Given names
- William Caswell
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | August 21, 1915 29 24 |
 Occupation | KC ATA |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 4 months)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 sister | Ruby Mae Shemwell July 29, 1918 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 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/ |
 Census | January 12, 1920 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a sister | Grace Aurelia Shemwell October 11, 1925 (Age 10 years) Cause: ptomaine poisoning (food poisoning) |
| Burial of a sister | Grace Aurelia Shemwell October 12, 1925 (Age 10 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McKee Chapel Cemetery |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | James Caswell Shemwell March 27, 1927 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 14 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 10, 1930 (Age 14 years) |
| Census | April 4, 1940 (Age 24 years) |
| Military service | Army Air Corp between 1941 and 1945 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 father | William Roley Shemwell April 2, 1947 (Age 31 years) |
| Census | April 4, 1950 (Age 34 years) |
| 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 wife | Clara Ruth Cannon July 18, 1978 (Age 62 years) |
 Death | August 27, 1981 (Age 66 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Chapel Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Roley Shemwell Birth: April 11, 1886 37 32 — Benton, Missouri, United States Death: April 2, 1947 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Nellie May Greer Birth: August 19, 1891 29 22 — Newland, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: July 18, 1986 — Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: October 25, 1911 — |
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9 months elder sister |
Grace Aurelia Shemwell Birth: August 5, 1912 26 20 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: October 11, 1925 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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11 months elder sister |
Pearl Bernice Shemwell Birth: June 28, 1913 27 21 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: May 4, 1996 — Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States |
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2 years himself |
William Caswell Shemwell Birth: August 21, 1915 29 24 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: August 27, 1981 — Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Ruby Mae Shemwell Birth: July 29, 1918 32 26 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: May 30, 2016 — Villa Park, Orange, California, United States |
| Family with Clara Ruth Cannon |
| himself |
William Caswell Shemwell Birth: August 21, 1915 29 24 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: August 27, 1981 — Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States |
| wife |
Clara Ruth Cannon Birth: October 31, 1912 23 19 — Kansas, United States Death: July 18, 1978 — Kansas, United States |
| son |
Private |
William Caswell Shemwell has 4 first cousins recorded
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William R Shemwell - Household
Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William Roley Shemwell - Household
2934 Brown Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - William Roley Shemwell - Household
1919 Paralle Avenue Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas
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