Bertha Lee ShawAge: 95 years1925–2021
- Name
- Bertha Lee Shaw
- Given names
- Bertha Lee
- Surname
- Shaw
- Married name
- Bertha Lee Shemwell
 Birth | May 20, 1925 32 30 |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 4 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 21, 1930 (Age 4 years) |
 Death of a mother | Bertha Isolene Smith January 2, 1933 (Age 7 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Peter Robert Shaw — Minnie Crawford — View this family Type: Civil marriage November 4, 1933 (Age 8 years) |
| Census | May 10, 1940 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 16 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 6, 1950 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 24 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 father | Peter Robert Shaw November 6, 1968 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 20 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 half-sister | Eveline Shaw 1985 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Mary Avril Louise “Dixie” Smart March 16, 1987 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Hazel Elmer Shaw December 6, 1988 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a husband | Donald Turley Shemwell January 18, 2012 (Age 86 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
 Death | March 17, 2021 (Age 95 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Peter Robert Shaw Birth: January 4, 1893 41 29 — Obion, Tennessee, United States Death: November 6, 1968 — Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Bertha Isolene Smith Birth: October 23, 1894 — Searcy, Arkansas, United States Death: January 2, 1933 — Mountain View, Stone, Arkansas, United States |
| herself |
Bertha Lee Shaw Birth: May 20, 1925 32 30 — Haywood, Clay, Arkansas, United States Death: March 17, 2021 — Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| brother |
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| Father’s family with Pearl Smith |
| father |
Peter Robert Shaw Birth: January 4, 1893 41 29 — Obion, Tennessee, United States Death: November 6, 1968 — Tennessee, United States |
| step-mother |
Pearl Smith Birth: 1892 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
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Marriage: July 3, 1910 — Obion, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years half-brother |
Hazel Elmer Shaw Birth: April 26, 1915 22 23 — Kennett, Dunklin, Missouri, United States Death: December 6, 1988 — Arkansas, United States |
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5 years half-sister |
Eveline Shaw Birth: 1919 25 27 — Arkansas, United States Death: 1985 — Washington, United States |
| Father’s family with Minnie Crawford |
| father |
Peter Robert Shaw Birth: January 4, 1893 41 29 — Obion, Tennessee, United States Death: November 6, 1968 — Tennessee, United States |
| step-mother |
Minnie Crawford Birth: 1896 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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Marriage: November 4, 1933 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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Divorce: — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| Mother’s family with Lewis Ezra Smart |
| step-father |
Lewis Ezra Smart Birth: May 28, 1896 — Missouri, United States Death: |
| mother |
Bertha Isolene Smith Birth: October 23, 1894 — Searcy, Arkansas, United States Death: January 2, 1933 — Mountain View, Stone, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: September 17, 1919 — Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
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4 months half-sister |
Mary Avril Louise “Dixie” Smart Birth: January 2, 1920 23 25 — Clay, Arkansas, United States Death: March 16, 1987 — Oklahoma, United States |
| Family with Donald Turley Shemwell |
| husband |
Donald Turley Shemwell Birth: November 21, 1924 22 24 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: January 18, 2012 — Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Bertha Lee Shaw Birth: May 20, 1925 32 30 — Haywood, Clay, Arkansas, United States Death: March 17, 2021 — Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| daughter |
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| son |
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Bertha Lee Shaw has 21 first cousins recorded
Father's family (21)
Parents John W Mills + Hattie Elizabeth Shaw
Parents W L Parker + Hattie Elizabeth Shaw
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Parents William Henry Shaw + Florence Leora Johnson
Parents Andrew Thomas “Andy” Johnson + Mary Helen “Helen” Shaw
Parents Robert Otha Rainey + Annie Shaw
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Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Bertha Lee Shaw - Household
Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Living in household of Paul Bechtold |