Ruth ShemwellAge: 50 years1893–1943
- Name
- Ruth Shemwell
- Given names
- Ruth
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Ruth Mueller
 Birth | June 26, 1893 48 28 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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 11, 1900 (Age 6 years) |
| Census | April 30, 1910 (Age 16 years) |
 Death of a father | Samuel Vanmeter Shemwell December 8, 1911 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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/ |
 Marriage | Henry J Mueller — View this family calculated 1924 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 36 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 4, 1930 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary S Troutt September 22, 1939 (Age 46 years) |
| Census | April 29, 1940 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 | after November 1943 (Age 50 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Samuel Vanmeter Shemwell Birth: March 24, 1845 26 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 8, 1911 — Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Mary S Troutt Birth: July 1864 — Washington, Illinois, United States Death: September 22, 1939 — Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: February 22, 1883 — |
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3 years elder sister |
Gertrude “Girdie” Shemwell Birth: October 7, 1885 40 21 — Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States Death: |
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8 years herself |
Ruth Shemwell Birth: June 26, 1893 48 28 — Pinckneyville, Perry, Illinois, United States Death: after November 1943 |
| Family with Henry J Mueller |
| husband |
Henry J Mueller Birth: 1874 — Kansas, United States Death: 1951 |
| herself |
Ruth Shemwell Birth: June 26, 1893 48 28 — Pinckneyville, Perry, Illinois, United States Death: after November 1943 |
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Marriage: calculated 1924 — |
Ruth Shemwell has 46 first cousins recorded
Father's family (46)
Parents Joseph A Shemwell + Sarah A Ralston
Parents John Andrew Harris + George Ann Shemwell
Parents James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. + Columbia Jane Shemwell
Parents William Rastus “Raz” Harris + Mary Ann Shemwell
Parents William Luther Shemwell + Lucy M Gilliam
Parents William McKinley Shemwell + Sarah Permelia Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Samuel V Shemwell - Household
Nashville, Washington, Illinois
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Samuel V Shemwell - Household
Washington, Illinois, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Henry Mueller - Household
402 W. Walnut Nashville, Washington, Illinois
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Henry Mueller - Household
Nashville, Washington, Illinois
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