The Shemwell Family

Maude LewisAge: 78 years19041982

Name
Maude Lewis
Given names
Maude
Surname
Lewis
Married name
Maude Penrod
Married name
Maude Miller
Birth June 5, 1904 23 24
Birth of a brotherJames Aubrey Lewis
1906 (Age 18 months)
Death of a fatherOtis Lewis
February 1, 1909 (Age 4 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherCharles R Lewis
May 1, 1915 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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 29, 1920 (Age 15 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Ellen Whitehouse
July 4, 1923 (Age 19 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Washington Shemwell
September 26, 1926 (Age 22 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherLaura Lee Brinkley
October 25, 1927 (Age 23 years)
Death of a husbandJohn Raymond Penrod
August 30, 1929 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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 5, 1930 (Age 25 years)
MarriageMartin Luke MillerView this family
calculated 1931 (Age 26 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Robert Martin “Robbie” Miller
December 31, 1931 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2
James Aubrey Miller
November 13, 1933 (Age 29 years)
Death of a motherMinnie Beatrice Shemwell
August 3, 1937 (Age 33 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Shirley Ann Penrod
December 7, 1949 (Age 45 years)
Census April 10, 1950 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 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 brotherJames Aubrey Lewis
October 14, 1974 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 June 15, 1982 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Owensboro Memorial Gardens
Family with parents - View this family
father
Otis Lewis
Birth: October 5, 1880 38 32Shelton, Hamilton, Illinois, United States
Death: February 1, 1909Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
mother
Minnie Beatrice Shemwell
Birth: May 5, 1880 23 22Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 3, 1937Daviess, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: April 23, 1904Bevier, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
1 month
herself
3 years
younger brother
James Aubrey Lewis
Birth: 1906 25 25Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 14, 1974Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Family with John Raymond Penrod - View this family
husband
John Raymond Penrod
Birth: October 8, 1901Kentucky, United States
Death: August 30, 1929Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
herself
son
Private
Family with Martin Luke Miller - View this family
husband
Martin Luke Miller
Birth: October 18, 1907 44 38Daviess, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 22, 1991Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
herself
Marriage: calculated 1931
1 year
son
Robert Martin “Robbie” Miller
Birth: December 31, 1931 24 27Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 20, 2021Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
22 months
son
James Aubrey Miller
Birth: November 13, 1933 26 29Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 11, 2024Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States

Maude Lewis has 35 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Washington Shemwell - Household

Bevier, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYOIN/AEngLOccupationIndustryEmployEmNWksUEduHomeVetInfirm
James Washington ShemwellheadMW53M30--KYKYKYLaborerCoal Mine
Laura Lee ShemwellwifeFW52M3088KYENGVA
Minnie B. LewisdaughterFW29Wd522KYKYKY
Harry Fountain ShemwellsonMW21S---KYKYKYLaborerCoal Mine
Leonard Mason ShemwellsonMW19S---KYKYKYLaborerCoal Mine
Albert Ennis ShemwellsonMW15S---KYKYKYLaborerCoal Mine
Charles Howard ShemwellsonMW10S---KYKYKY
Maud LewisgranddaughterFW4S---KYILKY
Aubrey LewisgrandsonMW3S---KYILKY

Notes: Same page as John & Joseph

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Washington Shemwell - Household

Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shemwell, James WheadMW63MKYKYKYCoal MinerCoal Mine
Shemwell, Laura LwifeFW63MKYKYKY
Shemwell, HowardsonMW19SKYKYKYCoal MinerCoal Mine
Shemwell, AubreyMW13SKYKYKY
Shemwell, MaudeFW15SKYKYKY

Maud & Aubrey Lewis are grandchildren -b

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Martin Luke Miller - Household

526 Litchfield Rd. Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Miller, Martin LheadMW41MarKYSupt.Wholesale Dairy
Miller, MaudewifeFW44MarKY
Miller, Robert MsonMW18NevKYClerkRetail Grocery
Miller, JamessonMW16NevKY