Alta M ShemwellAge: 103 years1892–1996
- Name
- Alta M Shemwell
- Given names
- Alta M
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Alta M Pillsbury
 Birth | August 1892 43 38 |
 Birth of a brother | George Alexander Shemwell January 3, 1894 (Age 17 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Ruth Shemwell July 16, 1896 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Robert Levi Shemwell February 8, 1898 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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 16, 1900 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a brother | Robert Levi Shemwell August 1, 1901 (Age 9 years) Cause: Dysentery |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | George Morton Shemwell July 29, 1904 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a sister | Gertrude Shemwell November 22, 1908 (Age 16 years) Cause: Pneumonia - Typhoid Fever |
| Census | April 18, 1910 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Delilah Adeline Lee September 2, 1910 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 23 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a father | Alexander Taylor Shemwell July 24, 1917 (Age 24 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 24 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 |
| City Directory | City Directory 1918 (Age 25 years)Address: Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties. Note: Designer-living on Warwick Blvd |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 25 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/ |
| City Directory | City Directory 1919 (Age 26 years)Address: Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties. Note: Emp. Gustin-Bacon Co. Living on Forest Ave. |
 Marriage | William Ira Pillsbury — View this family January 5, 1920 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Warren Thompson Wassell January 1, 1923 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 37 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 17, 1930 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a mother | Melvina Pamelia Thompson May 18, 1935 (Age 42 years) Cause: Cardiac Arrhythmia |
| Census | April 4, 1940 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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 |
 Divorce | William Ira Pillsbury — View this family August 6, 1948 (Age 56 years) Note: Wm divorced Alta for desertion |
 Residence | 1948 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 57 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 | William Ira Pillsbury August 18, 1955 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Emily “Emma” Wassell June 25, 1956 (Age 63 years) |
| Burial of a half-sister | Emily “Emma” Wassell June 28, 1956 (Age 63 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery |
| Death of a brother | George Alexander Shemwell February 6, 1960 (Age 67 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Burial of a brother | George Alexander Shemwell February 8, 1960 (Age 67 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery |
| Death of a half-sister | Nancy Lee “Nannie” Wassell March 27, 1964 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Lola V “Lady V” Wassell June 14, 1968 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ruth Shemwell January 9, 1969 (Age 76 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 53 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 | March 29, 1996 (Age 103 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lamine Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Alexander Taylor Shemwell Birth: March 4, 1849 24 18 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: July 24, 1917 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Melvina Pamelia Thompson Birth: May 27, 1854 23 17 — Illinois, United States Death: May 18, 1935 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: October 1889 — Missouri, United States |
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1 year elder sister |
Gertrude Shemwell Birth: September 23, 1890 41 36 — Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: November 22, 1908 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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23 months herself |
Alta M Shemwell Birth: August 1892 43 38 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 29, 1996 |
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17 months younger brother |
George Alexander Shemwell Birth: January 3, 1894 44 39 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: February 6, 1960 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Ruth Shemwell Birth: July 16, 1896 47 42 — Missouri, United States Death: January 9, 1969 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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19 months younger brother |
Robert Levi Shemwell Birth: February 8, 1898 48 43 Death: August 1, 1901 |
| Mother’s family with Charles Dimock Wassell |
| step-father |
Charles Dimock Wassell Birth: February 27, 1852 41 33 — Illinois, United States Death: 1887 |
| mother |
Melvina Pamelia Thompson Birth: May 27, 1854 23 17 — Illinois, United States Death: May 18, 1935 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: June 8, 1876 — Randolph, Illinois, United States |
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10 months half-sister |
Emily “Emma” Wassell Birth: April 4, 1877 25 22 — Red Bud, Randolph, Illinois, United States Death: June 25, 1956 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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21 months half-sister |
Nancy Lee “Nannie” Wassell Birth: December 23, 1878 26 24 — Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States Death: March 27, 1964 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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19 months half-brother |
Warren Thompson Wassell Birth: July 26, 1880 28 26 — Illinois, United States Death: January 1, 1923 — Otoe, Nebraska, United States |
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19 months half-sister |
Lola V “Lady V” Wassell Birth: February 16, 1882 29 27 — Illinois, United States Death: June 14, 1968 — Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Family with William Ira Pillsbury |
| ex-husband |
William Ira Pillsbury Birth: January 14, 1891 — Denver, Colorado, United States Death: August 18, 1955 — Multnomah, Oregon, United States |
| herself |
Alta M Shemwell Birth: August 1892 43 38 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 29, 1996 |
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Marriage: January 5, 1920 — Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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Divorce: August 6, 1948 — Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States |
| William Ira Pillsbury + Elinore Giesey |
| ex-husband |
William Ira Pillsbury Birth: January 14, 1891 — Denver, Colorado, United States Death: August 18, 1955 — Multnomah, Oregon, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Elinore Giesey Birth: July 3, 1915 — Oregon, United States Death: February 6, 1975 — Multnomah, Oregon, United States |
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Marriage: April 2, 1949 — Skamania, Skamania, Washington, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Alexander Taylor Shemwell - Household
Lamine Township, Lamine Village, Cooper, MO.
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Alexander Taylor Shemwell - Household
Railroad Ave Blackwater Cooper MO.
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| City Directory | Designer-living on Warwick Blvd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City Directory | Emp. Gustin-Bacon Co. Living on Forest Ave. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William Ira Pillsbury - Household
Virginia Ave North Bend, Coos, OR
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Lola V Wassel - Household
1241 Monaeo Denver Colorado
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| Divorce | Wm divorced Alta for desertion |