The Shemwell Family

Pearl Mary RathkeAge: 89 years18981987

Name
Pearl Mary Rathke
Given names
Pearl Mary
Surname
Rathke
Married name
Pearl Mary Shemwell
Married name
Pearl Mary Alis
Married name
Pearl Mary Williams
Married name
Pearl Mary Ellis
Birth May 30, 1898
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898
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
MarriageJeremiah Melton EllisView this family
May 4, 1915 (Age 16 years)
MarriageSamuel WilliamsView this family
December 23, 1916 (Age 18 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/
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
Religious marriageClarence Henry “Shemmy” ShemwellView this family
September 17, 1934 (Age 36 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 51 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 47 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 husbandClarence Henry “Shemmy” Shemwell
June 27, 1982 (Age 84 years)
Death September 1987 (Age 89 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 1894Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States
4 years
herself
Family with Samuel Williams - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: December 23, 1916Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States
Family with Clarence Henry “Shemmy” Shemwell - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: September 17, 1934Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States
Family with Jeremiah Melton Ellis - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: May 4, 1915Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, United States
Clarence Henry “Shemmy” Shemwell + Hazel May Tilbury - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: November 11, 1924Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States
Divorce: May 2, 1932El Paso, Colorado, United States
Clarence Henry “Shemmy” Shemwell + Lillian Marie Miller - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Lillian Marie Miller
Birth: May 19, 1912Cotton Hill, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Death: January 25, 2006Colorado, United States
step-daughter
Private
step-son
Private
Clarence Henry “Shemmy” Shemwell + Lola Nichols - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
step-daughter
Glenna R Shemwell
Birth: December 3, 1921 23 15Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States
Death: February 15, 2007Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States

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