The Shemwell Family

Alice StarksAge: 94 years18791974

Name
Alice Starks
Given names
Alice
Surname
Starks
Married name
Alice Shemwell
Married name
Alice Flohra
Birth August 1879
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 36 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
MarriageCharles Lee “Charlie” ShemwellView this family
about 1917 (Age 37 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Clementine Shemwell
August 1, 1917 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 37 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 38 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 13, 1920 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 50 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 1, 1930 (Age 50 years)
Death of a husbandCharles Lee “Charlie” Shemwell
December 1, 1932 (Age 53 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 62 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Thomas Ray
January 8, 1949 (Age 69 years)

Death of a grandsonThomas Ray
January 8, 1949 (Age 69 years)

Burial of a grandsonThomas Ray
January 11, 1949 (Age 69 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Golden Gate National Cemetery
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 70 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 66 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 April 16, 1974 (Age 94 years)
Family with Charles Lee “Charlie” Shemwell - View this family
husband
Charles Lee “Charlie” Shemwell
Birth: December 1, 1863 41 38Kentucky, United States
Death: December 1, 1932Marshall, Kentucky, United States
herself
Marriage: about 1917
7 months
daughter
Family with Private - View this family
husband
Private
herself

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles Lee “Charlie” Shemwell - Household

Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shemwell, Charles LheadMW52MKYNCTNFarmerFarm
Shemwell, AlicewifeFW40MKYKYKY
Shemwell, ClemintinedaughterFW2-8mSKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Charles Lee Shemwell - Household

Civil District 4 Oak Level, Marshall Ky.

NameRelationAssetsSexRaceAgeMCAgMEduBPFBPMBPNLYOIN/AEng?OccupationIndustryEmployVetWar
Charles Lee ShemwellheadMW66S52KYNCTNFarmerFarmN
Alice ShemwellwifeFW50S38KYKYKY
Clemintine ShemwelldaughterFW12S-KYKYKY