The Shemwell Family

Betty Jean ShemwellAge: 79 years19282008

Name
Betty Jean Shemwell
Given names
Betty Jean
Surname
Shemwell
Married name
Betty Jean Wellmeier
Birth March 20, 1928 21 19
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 months)

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 2 years)
Birth of a sisterWanda Marie Shemwell
August 14, 1930 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherDanny Glenn Shemwell
July 7, 1938 (Age 10 years)
Death of a brotherDanny Glenn Shemwell
July 7, 1938 (Age 10 years)
Census April 25, 1940 (Age 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Permelia Sherrod
May 8, 1940 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 13 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
Death of a paternal grandfatherWiley “Buck” Shemwell
December 5, 1953 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 21 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 17 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 motherMary Virginia Snead
April 12, 1982 (Age 54 years)
Death of a fatherFinis N Shemwell
February 2, 2004 (Age 75 years)
Death January 28, 2008 (Age 79 years)
Cremationunknown

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father
Finis N Shemwell
Birth: February 22, 1907 37 35Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 2, 2004Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
mother
herself
Betty Jean Shemwell
Birth: March 20, 1928 21 19Michigan, United States
Death: January 28, 2008Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
sister
Private
younger sister
Wanda Marie Shemwell
Birth: August 14, 1930 23 21Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 9, 2016Fairborn, Greene, Ohio, United States
brother
Private
younger brother
Danny Glenn Shemwell
Birth: July 7, 1938 31 29Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 7, 1938Logan, Kentucky, United States
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husband
Private
herself
Betty Jean Shemwell
Birth: March 20, 1928 21 19Michigan, United States
Death: January 28, 2008Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
daughter
Private

Betty Jean Shemwell has 19 first cousins recorded