Ruby Mae ShemwellAge: 97 years1918–2016
- Name
- Ruby Mae Shemwell
- Given names
- Ruby Mae
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Ruby Mae Hays
 Birth | July 29, 1918 32 26 |
 Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918Note: 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 1918Note: 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 17 months) |
 Death of a sister | Grace Aurelia Shemwell October 11, 1925 (Age 7 years) Cause: ptomaine poisoning (food poisoning) |
| Burial of a sister | Grace Aurelia Shemwell October 12, 1925 (Age 7 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McKee Chapel Cemetery |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | James Caswell Shemwell March 27, 1927 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 11 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 10, 1930 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Robert Reid Hays June 2, 1941 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 31 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 27 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 63 years) |
| Death of a mother | Nellie May Greer July 18, 1986 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a husband | Robert Benjamin Hays 1989 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a sister | Pearl Bernice Shemwell May 4, 1996 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a son | Robert Reid Hays November 29, 2014 (Age 96 years) |
 Death | May 30, 2016 (Age 97 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside National 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 elder sister |
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 elder 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 herself |
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 Robert Benjamin Hays |
| husband |
Robert Benjamin Hays Birth: June 22, 1913 — Valley Falls, Jefferson, Kansas, United States Death: 1989 — Sun City, Riverside, California, United States |
| herself |
Ruby Mae Shemwell Birth: July 29, 1918 32 26 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: May 30, 2016 — Villa Park, Orange, California, United States |
| son |
Robert Reid Hays Birth: June 2, 1941 27 22 — Seattle, King, Washington, United States Death: November 29, 2014 — Loma Linda, San Bernardino, California, United States |
| son |
Private |
Ruby Mae 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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