Pearl Bernice ShemwellAge: 82 years1913–1996
- Name
- Pearl Bernice Shemwell
- Given names
- Pearl Bernice
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Pearl Bernice Anderton
 Birth | June 28, 1913 27 21 |
 Birth of a brother | William Caswell Shemwell August 21, 1915 (Age 2 years) |
 Occupation | Sr. Staff Assist. TWA |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 2 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a sister | Ruby Mae Shemwell July 29, 1918 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 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 4 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 12, 1920 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a sister | Grace Aurelia Shemwell October 11, 1925 (Age 12 years) Cause: ptomaine poisoning (food poisoning) |
| Burial of a sister | Grace Aurelia Shemwell October 12, 1925 (Age 12 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McKee Chapel Cemetery |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | James Caswell Shemwell March 27, 1927 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 16 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 | 1930 (Age 16 years) |
| Census | April 10, 1930 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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 | William Roley Shemwell April 2, 1947 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Margaret Elaine Anderton September 5, 1947 (Age 34 years) |
| Census | April 8, 1950 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 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 32 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 | William Caswell Shemwell August 27, 1981 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a mother | Nellie May Greer July 18, 1986 (Age 73 years) |
 Death | May 4, 1996 (Age 82 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Chapel Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Roley Shemwell Birth: April 11, 1886 37 32 — Benton, Missouri, United States Death: April 2, 1947 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Nellie May Greer Birth: August 19, 1891 29 22 — Newland, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: July 18, 1986 — Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: October 25, 1911 — |
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9 months elder sister |
Grace Aurelia Shemwell Birth: August 5, 1912 26 20 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: October 11, 1925 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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11 months herself |
Pearl Bernice Shemwell Birth: June 28, 1913 27 21 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: May 4, 1996 — Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
William Caswell Shemwell Birth: August 21, 1915 29 24 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: August 27, 1981 — Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Ruby Mae Shemwell Birth: July 29, 1918 32 26 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: May 30, 2016 — Villa Park, Orange, California, United States |
| Family with William Richard Anderton |
| husband |
William Richard Anderton Birth: July 4, 1912 — Kansas, United States Death: March 20, 2007 — Climax Springs, Camden, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Pearl Bernice Shemwell Birth: June 28, 1913 27 21 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: May 4, 1996 — Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States |
| daughter |
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Margaret Elaine Anderton Birth: September 5, 1947 35 34 — Frankfort, Marshall, Kansas, United States Death: December 6, 2015 — Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States |
Pearl Bernice Shemwell has 4 first cousins recorded
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William R Shemwell - Household
Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William Roley Shemwell - Household
2934 Brown Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas
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