Rosa Lee “Rosalie” ShemwellAge: 80 years1887–1968
- Name
- Rosa Lee “Rosalie” Shemwell
- Given names
- Rosa Lee
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Rosa Lee Gray
- Married name
- Rosa Lee Blatt
- Nickname
- Rosalie
- Married name
- Rosa Lee Sprague
 Birth | November 1887 33 28 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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 |
 Census | June 10, 1900 (Age 12 years) |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | George Morton Shemwell July 29, 1904 (Age 16 years) |
 Civil marriage | Bernice Wesley Gray — View this family December 20, 1904 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Bernice Lee Blatt March 4, 1907 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Heloise Doris Blatt 1909 (Age 21 years) |
| Census | April 20, 1910 (Age 22 years) |
 Residence | before 1911 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Shackleford March 18, 1911 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a brother | George Ludwell Shemwell September 18, 1911 (Age 23 years) Cause: Tubercular Meningitis |
| Burial of a brother | George Ludwell Shemwell September 20, 1911 (Age 23 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 28 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 29 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 |
| Marriage | George Neil Blatt — View this family calculated 1918 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 30 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 9, 1920 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a mother | Eva Ann Cramer May 31, 1921 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 41 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 12, 1930 (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Bernice Lee Blatt — Madelyn Gertrude Bertley — View this family July 11, 1931 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a husband | Bernice Wesley Gray March 31, 1933 (Age 45 years) Cause: Heart Attack |
| Burial of a husband | Bernice Wesley Gray April 1, 1933 (Age 45 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elston Cemetery |
| Death of a father | Sylvester Penic Shemwell March 10, 1936 (Age 48 years) Address: County Home |
| Census | April 8, 1940 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Richard Lee Blatt May 24, 1940 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 54 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 grandson #2 | James Bentley Blatt November 5, 1946 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 62 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 husband | George Neil Blatt October 12, 1956 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ella J Shemwell April 22, 1964 (Age 76 years) Cause: Hypostatic Pneumonia |
| Death of a daughter | Heloise Doris Blatt November 1967 (Age 80 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 58 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 | 1968 (Age 80 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Memorial Park I |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Sylvester Penic Shemwell Birth: June 20, 1854 29 23 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: March 10, 1936 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Eva Ann Cramer Birth: February 1859 40 32 — Missouri, United States Death: May 31, 1921 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: May 16, 1876 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
George Ludwell Shemwell Birth: September 6, 1878 24 19 — Missouri, United States Death: September 18, 1911 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Ella J Shemwell Birth: April 22, 1881 26 22 — Missouri, United States Death: April 22, 1964 — Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States |
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7 years herself |
Rosa Lee “Rosalie” Shemwell Birth: November 1887 33 28 — Missouri, United States Death: 1968 — Will, Illinois, United States |
| Family with Bernice Wesley Gray |
| husband |
Bernice Wesley Gray Birth: March 18, 1883 — Cole, Missouri, United States Death: March 31, 1933 — Versailles, Morgan, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Rosa Lee “Rosalie” Shemwell Birth: November 1887 33 28 — Missouri, United States Death: 1968 — Will, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: December 20, 1904 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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2 years son |
Bernice Lee Blatt Birth: March 4, 1907 23 19 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 3, 1973 — Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Heloise Doris Blatt Birth: 1909 25 21 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: November 1967 — Broward, Florida, United States |
| Family with George Neil Blatt |
| husband |
George Neil Blatt Birth: October 22, 1876 — Jackson, Will, Illinois, United States Death: October 12, 1956 — Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States |
| herself |
Rosa Lee “Rosalie” Shemwell Birth: November 1887 33 28 — Missouri, United States Death: 1968 — Will, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1918 — |
| George Neil Blatt + Lulu Ethel Spotts |
| husband |
George Neil Blatt Birth: October 22, 1876 — Jackson, Will, Illinois, United States Death: October 12, 1956 — Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Lulu Ethel Spotts Birth: April 26, 1878 — Jackson, Will, Illinois, United States Death: January 26, 1917 — Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: August 21, 1902 — Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |
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3 years step-daughter |
Lois Blatt Birth: November 13, 1905 29 27 — Elwood, Will, Illinois, United States Death: April 9, 2005 — Wilmington, Will, Illinois, United States |
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2 years step-son |
George Neil Blatt Jr. Birth: April 15, 1908 31 29 — Will, Illinois, United States Death: June 1962 — Will, Illinois, United States |
Rosa Lee “Rosalie” Shemwell has 38 first cousins recorded
Father's family (38)
Parents William David Shemwell + Lucy Elizabeth Platt
Parents Alexander Taylor Shemwell + Melvina Pamelia Thompson
Parents John William Shemwell + Madora Cramer
Parents William Nicholas McMahan + Anna Elizabeth “Annie” Shemwell
Parents Ishamel Higdon Whitlow + Sarah M “Sallie” Shemwell
Parents James Finley Burris + Mary Louisa Shemwell
Parents George William Brady + Louella “Lula” Carrie Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Sylvester Penick Shemwell - Household
Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas
Ludwell is daughter, famale & Leza? -b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Bernice W Gray - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - George Neil Blatt - Household
1210 Oneida Street Joliet, Will, Illinois
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - George Neil Blatt - Household
631 Western Ave Joliet, Will, Illinois
Bernice & Heloise Gray are listed as Blatt, Bernice is now a son? -b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - George Neil Blatt - Household
808 Sherwood Place Joliet, Will, Illinois
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