Idella ShemwellAge: 94 years1899–1994
- Name
- Idella Shemwell
- Given names
- Idella
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Idella Tucker
 Birth | June 10, 1899 37 30 |
 Death of a paternal grandmother | Martha Ann “Mattie” Feezor February 27, 1900 (Age 8 months) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 11 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Isaac Reed Shemwell September 29, 1901 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Homer Acton Shemwell October 26, 1904 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas Albin Shemwell July 9, 1906 (Age 7 years) |
| Census | April 19, 1910 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Eunice Lorraine Shemwell March 6, 1911 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Jane Edwards March 30, 1911 (Age 11 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 16 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 17 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 18 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 26, 1920 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 30 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 15, 1930 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Joan Ruth Tucker December 1, 1935 (Age 36 years) |
| Census | April 5, 1940 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a mother | Hettie Louise Hathcock July 28, 1941 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 father | Thomas Alonzo Shemwell April 15, 1947 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a brother | Byron Shemwell February 21, 1952 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 50 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 sister | Verna Belle Shemwell August 30, 1955 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a husband | Lee Edwin Tucker January 22, 1971 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a brother | Earl Shemwell June 10, 1975 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a sister | Perna Shemwell August 28, 1975 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a brother | Rollie Theron Shemwell November 8, 1975 (Age 76 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 46 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 brother | Isaac Reed Shemwell April 29, 1985 (Age 85 years) |
| Death of a brother | Homer Acton Shemwell March 10, 1994 (Age 94 years) |
 Death | 1994 (Age 94 years) Address: Western Baptist Hospital |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Memorial Gardens |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas Alonzo Shemwell Birth: February 6, 1862 43 33 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: April 15, 1947 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Hettie Louise Hathcock Birth: March 28, 1869 24 21 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: July 28, 1941 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: April 22, 1886 — |
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11 months elder sister |
Verna Belle Shemwell Birth: March 15, 1887 25 17 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: August 30, 1955 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Perna Shemwell Birth: April 6, 1889 27 20 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: August 28, 1975 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States |
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21 months elder brother |
Earl Shemwell Birth: December 30, 1890 28 21 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: June 10, 1975 — Murray, Calloway, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Byron Shemwell Birth: January 24, 1893 30 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 21, 1952 — Benton, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Hoke Adley Shemwell Birth: February 1895 32 25 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: October 14, 1897 |
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2 years elder brother |
Rollie Theron Shemwell Birth: February 6, 1897 35 27 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: November 8, 1975 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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2 years herself |
Idella Shemwell Birth: June 10, 1899 37 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1994 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Isaac Reed Shemwell Birth: September 29, 1901 39 32 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: April 29, 1985 — Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Homer Acton Shemwell Birth: October 26, 1904 42 35 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: March 10, 1994 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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20 months younger brother |
Thomas Albin Shemwell Birth: July 9, 1906 44 37 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: February 7, 1996 — Symsonia, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Eunice Lorraine Shemwell Birth: March 6, 1911 49 41 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: July 16, 2000 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Lee Edwin Tucker |
| husband |
Lee Edwin Tucker Birth: February 3, 1900 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 22, 1971 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Idella Shemwell Birth: June 10, 1899 37 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1994 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| daughter |
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| daughter |
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| daughter |
Joan Ruth Tucker Birth: December 1, 1935 35 36 — Kentucky, United States Death: June 16, 2012 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Alonzo Shemwell - Household
Dist. 8 Graves,Kentucky, USA
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Alonzo Shemwell - Household
Farmington Rd. Graves, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Alonzo Shemwell - Household
Symsonia Graves KY
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| Note | In the summer of 1987, I went with Halla Mae to visit "Aunt Della" in the nursing home in Paducah, KY. She had suffered a stroke and was frail but sprite in her mind, witty and sweet. hs. |