Ruth Adele ShemwellAge: 90 years1926–2017
- Name
- Ruth Adele Shemwell
- Given names
- Ruth Adele
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Ruth Adele Newman
 Birth | September 13, 1926 24 25 |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 3 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 13, 1930 (Age 3 years) |
 Birth of a sister | Phyllis Ann Shemwell January 31, 1935 (Age 8 years) |
| Census | May 16, 1940 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 15 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 |
 Civil marriage | James Ritchey Newman — View this family September 4, 1946 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | James Frederick “Jimmy” Newman October 24, 1947 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Harry Pearson Turley September 11, 1948 (Age 21 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1950 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William Standard Shemwell March 29, 1953 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 23 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 sister | Theodocia Lee Shemwell July 26, 1961 (Age 34 years) Cause: Acute Uremia |
| Burial of a sister | Theodocia Lee Shemwell July 27, 1961 (Age 34 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery |
| Death of a son | James Frederick “Jimmy” Newman March 26, 1962 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 19 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 mother | Roxie Lee “Bobbie” Turley August 16, 1988 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a father | Herbert Alexander Shemwell September 14, 1995 (Age 69 years) Cause: Died of smoke inilation House fire |
| Death of a husband | James Ritchey Newman October 10, 1998 (Age 72 years) |
| Burial of a husband | James Ritchey Newman October 14, 1998 (Age 72 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Nelson Cemetery |
| Death of a sister | Phyllis Ann Shemwell July 20, 2000 (Age 73 years) |
| Burial of a sister | Phyllis Ann Shemwell July 23, 2000 (Age 73 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Peninsula Cemetery |
| Death of a brother | Donald Turley Shemwell January 18, 2012 (Age 85 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
 Death | August 1, 2017 (Age 90 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Nelson Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Herbert Alexander Shemwell Birth: May 27, 1902 33 33 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: September 14, 1995 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Roxie Lee “Bobbie” Turley Birth: November 2, 1900 33 33 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: August 16, 1988 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: July 12, 1920 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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9 months elder brother |
Herbert Turley Shemwell Birth: April 12, 1921 18 20 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: April 12, 1921 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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11 months elder sister |
Theodocia Lee Shemwell Birth: February 27, 1922 19 21 — South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States Death: July 26, 1961 — St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Donald Turley Shemwell Birth: November 21, 1924 22 24 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: January 18, 2012 — Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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22 months herself |
Ruth Adele Shemwell Birth: September 13, 1926 24 25 — Nelson, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: August 1, 2017 — Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States |
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8 years younger sister |
Phyllis Ann Shemwell Birth: January 31, 1935 32 34 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: July 20, 2000 — Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States |
| Family with James Ritchey Newman |
| husband |
James Ritchey Newman Birth: December 23, 1923 — Nelson, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: October 10, 1998 — Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Ruth Adele Shemwell Birth: September 13, 1926 24 25 — Nelson, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: August 1, 2017 — Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: September 4, 1946 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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14 months son |
James Frederick “Jimmy” Newman Birth: October 24, 1947 23 21 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States Death: March 26, 1962 — Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, United States |
Ruth Adele Shemwell has 6 first cousins recorded
Father's family (4)
Parents Thomas Jefferson Sims + Ruth Valdenar Shemwell
Parents Charles McClellan “Charlie” Shemwell + Vinita Francis Potter
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Herbert Alexander Shemwell - Household
Cooney Street Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Herbert Alexander Shemwell - Household
Trigg Ave Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - James Ritchey Newman - Household
Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
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