The Shemwell Family

Bernice Wesley GrayAge: 50 years18831933

Name
Bernice Wesley Gray
Given names
Bernice Wesley
Surname
Gray
Birth March 18, 1883
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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
Civil marriageRosa Lee “Rosalie” ShemwellView this family
December 20, 1904 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Bernice Lee Blatt
March 4, 1907 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Heloise Doris Blatt
1909 (Age 25 years)
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 27 years)
Occupation
Foreman-Missouri Pac. Railroad
1910 (Age 26 years)

Residence 1914 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 32 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 33 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
Military
WWI Draft Registration
1918 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 34 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 1, 1920 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 46 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
Marriage of a childBernice Lee BlattMadelyn Gertrude BertleyView this family
July 11, 1931 (Age 48 years)
Death March 31, 1933 (Age 50 years)
Cause of death: Heart Attack
Burial April 1, 1933 (1 day after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elston Cemetery
Family with Rosa Lee “Rosalie” Shemwell - View this family
himself
Bernice Wesley Gray
Birth: March 18, 1883Cole, Missouri, United States
Death: March 31, 1933Versailles, Morgan, Missouri, United States
wife
Marriage: December 20, 1904Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
2 years
son
Bernice Lee Blatt
Birth: March 4, 1907 23 19Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: April 3, 1973Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States
3 years
daughter
Heloise Doris Blatt
Birth: 1909 25 21Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 1967Broward, Florida, United States
George Neil Blatt + Rosa Lee “Rosalie” Shemwell - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: calculated 1918

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Bernice W Gray - Household

Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Gray, BerniaheadMW25M16MOMOUSForemanRailroad Section
Gray, Rosa LwifeFW23M1632MOKYMO
Gray, Bernice LdaughterFW4SMOMOMO
Gray, HeloisedaughterFW7mSMOMOMO
Shemwell, Sylvesterfather in lawMW53M132KYKYKYCarpenterHouse
Shemwell, Eva Amother in lawFW50M13253MOMOMO