The Shemwell Family

Ermie Mae SearsAge: 87 years19081996

Name
Ermie Mae Sears
Given names
Ermie Mae
Surname
Sears
Married name
Ermie Mae Shemwell
Birth May 12, 1908
Occupation
Todd County Manufacturing

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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 21 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 7, 1930 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Eva Mae Shemwell
August 10, 1933 (Age 25 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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
Marriage of a childNoble O WatkinsEva Mae ShemwellView this family
about 1952 (Age 43 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 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 husbandWalter Clyde Shemwell
January 30, 1959 (Age 50 years)
Burial of a husbandWalter Clyde Shemwell
1959 (Age 50 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Rhonda Denise Gates
May 1, 1961 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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
Religion
Bethel United Methodist Church
before 1996 (Age 87 years)

Death February 29, 1996 (Age 87 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
herself
Ermie Mae Sears
Birth: May 12, 1908Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 29, 1996Todd, Kentucky, United States
brother
Private
Family with Walter Clyde Shemwell - View this family
husband
Walter Clyde Shemwell
Birth: June 24, 1907 35 35Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 30, 1959Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States
herself
Ermie Mae Sears
Birth: May 12, 1908Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 29, 1996Todd, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Eva Mae Shemwell
Birth: August 10, 1933 26 25Sharon, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 6, 2023Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Private

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Thomas “Bud” Shemwell - Household

Sharon & Clifty, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shemwell, James TheadMW57M22KYMOKYFarmingOn Farm
Shemwell, Addie LwifeFW58M23TNTNTN
Shemwell, WaltersonMW23M23KYKYTNLaborerOn Farm
Shemwell, CecilsonMW20SKYKYTNLaborerOn Farm
Shemwell, Ermiedaughter in lawFW21M21KYKYKY