The Shemwell Family

Margaret Florein MelhieserAge: 58 years19211979

Name
Margaret Florein Melhieser
Given names
Margaret Florein
Surname
Melhieser
Married name
Margaret Florein Reeves
Birth July 15, 1921
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 8 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 16, 1940 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Shirley A Reeves
October 1, 1940 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 20 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
Census April 24, 1950 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 28 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 24 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 November 16, 1979 (Age 58 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens
Family with Wilmer Harold “Bill” Reeves - View this family
husband
Wilmer Harold “Bill” Reeves
Birth: December 12, 1918 31 36Williamson, Illinois, United States
Death: March 1, 1992St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
herself
Margaret Florein Melhieser
Birth: July 15, 1921Kentucky, United States
Death: November 16, 1979St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
daughter
Shirley A Reeves
Birth: October 1, 1940 21 19Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 16, 2014St. Louis, Missouri, United States
son
Private

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Wilmer Harold Reeves - Household

Dummor & Greenville Road Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Reeves, Wilmer HheadMW21MILCommon LaborRoad Work
Reeves, MargaretwifeFW18MKY