The Shemwell Family

Dora May GarrettAge: 70 years18851956

Name
Dora May Garrett
Given names
Dora May
Surname
Garrett
Married name
Dora May Freeman
Birth May 28, 1885
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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 30 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 31 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
MarriageJoseph Elmer FreemanView this family
about 1918 (Age 32 years)

Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 32 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 19, 1920 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Charles Larue Freeman
March 30, 1921 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 44 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 22, 1930 (Age 44 years)
DivorceJoseph Elmer FreemanView this family
between 1931 and 1940 (Age 45 years)

Census May 16, 1940 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 64 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 60 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 January 17, 1956 (Age 70 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
Family with Joseph Elmer Freeman - View this family
ex-husband
Joseph Elmer Freeman
Birth: February 10, 1885 40 38Christian, Missouri, United States
Death: November 26, 1964Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
herself
Dora May Garrett
Birth: May 28, 1885Slater, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: January 17, 1956Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, United States
Marriage: about 1918
Divorce: between 1931 and 1940
3 years
son
Charles Larue Freeman
Birth: March 30, 1921 36 35Greene, Missouri, United States
Death: March 19, 2005Liberty, Clay, Missouri, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Elmer Freeman - Household

Center, Greene, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Freeman, ElmerheadMW34MMOTNTNSchool TeacherCounty School
Freeman, Dora MwifeFW34MMOMoMo

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Elmer Freeman - Household

Linden, Christian, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Freeman, ElmerheadMW45M32MOKYTNSurveyorCounty Work
Freeman, Dora MwifeFW44M31MOMOMO
Freeman, LaRuesonMW9SMOMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Dora May Garrett - Household

Wheatland, Hickory, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Freeman, Dora MheadFW55WdMOChristianMoSewingWPA
Freeman, C LaRuesonMW19SMOChristianMO