Gladys ShemwellAge: 75 years1894–1970
- Name
- Gladys Shemwell
- Given names
- Gladys
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Gladys Wallace
 Birth | April 29, 1894 31 30 |
 Death of a sister | Ethel Shemwell September 28, 1896 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Bethel Shemwell July 26, 1898 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 years)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 18, 1900 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Raffie Matilda “Roxie” Shemwell February 10, 1902 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | David Alexander Shemwell May 24, 1904 (Age 10 years) Cause: Heart Trouble |
| Birth of a sister | Lois Neville Shemwell January 14, 1907 (Age 12 years) |
| Census | April 29, 1910 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 21 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 22 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 23 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/ |
| Death of a father | Peter Pinkney Shemwell August 10, 1920 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Clyde Alexander Wallace Jr. April 2, 1922 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a mother | Veronica Ann “Kittie” Nance January 22, 1929 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 35 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 5, 1930 (Age 35 years) |
| Census | April 9, 1940 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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 55 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 |
| Death of a husband | Clyde Alexander Wallace March 30, 1959 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a sister | Hattie Shemwell September 27, 1965 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a sister | Bethel Shemwell December 11, 1968 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 51 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 | January 15, 1970 (Age 75 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Peter Pinkney Shemwell Birth: July 10, 1862 42 40 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: August 10, 1920 — Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Veronica Ann “Kittie” Nance Birth: January 31, 1864 45 43 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 22, 1929 — Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
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Marriage: December 22, 1886 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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17 months elder sister |
Hattie Shemwell Birth: May 22, 1888 25 24 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: September 27, 1965 |
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21 months elder brother |
Rudy Scott Shemwell Birth: February 15, 1890 27 26 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 2, 1971 — Kentucky, United States |
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23 months elder sister |
Ethel Shemwell Birth: January 19, 1892 29 27 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: September 28, 1896 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years herself |
Gladys Shemwell Birth: April 29, 1894 31 30 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 15, 1970 — Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Bethel Shemwell Birth: July 26, 1898 36 34 — Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: December 11, 1968 — Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Raffie Matilda “Roxie” Shemwell Birth: February 10, 1902 39 38 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 25, 1982 |
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5 years younger sister |
Lois Neville Shemwell Birth: January 14, 1907 44 42 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: September 13, 1981 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Clyde Alexander Wallace |
| husband |
Clyde Alexander Wallace Birth: November 6, 1890 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 30, 1959 — Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
| herself |
Gladys Shemwell Birth: April 29, 1894 31 30 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 15, 1970 — Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| son |
Clyde Alexander Wallace Jr. Birth: April 2, 1922 31 27 — Walsenburg, Huerfano, Colorado, United States Death: February 4, 2001 — Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
Gladys Shemwell has 26 first cousins recorded
Father's family (26)
Parents Pleasant Greenberry Shemwell + Martha Angeline Lyles
Parents Joseph Brooks “Boots” Lyles + Nancy Adeline Shemwell
Parents Dr. James Buchanan Shemwell + Luella Bell
Parents Alexander Lee Riley + Madora E “Dora” Shemwell
Parents Judge Robert Lee Shemwell + Wilhelmina Queen “Willie” Bourland
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Peter Pinkney Shemwell - Household
Oak Level, Marshall Ky.
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Peter Pinkney Shemwell - Household
Marshall, Kentucky
Is Mary S her step-mother? -b |