The Shemwell Family

Senora Alberta ShemwellAge: 86 years19091995

Name
Senora Alberta Shemwell
Given names
Senora Alberta
Surname
Shemwell
Married name
Senora Alberta Moss
Married name
Senora Alberta Purcell
Birth June 5, 1909 24 18
Census April 14, 1910 (Age 10 months)
Birth of a sisterCatherine Shemwell
May 3, 1910 (Age 10 months)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Luther Shemwell
August 15, 1910 (Age 14 months)
Birth of a sisterEvelyn L Shemwell
December 16, 1911 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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 10 years)
Birth of a sisterIris Moss Shemwell
May 21, 1923 (Age 13 years)
MarriageNobel Simmons MossView this family
calculated 1925 (Age 15 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Gloria Eugene “Jean” Moss
October 18, 1925 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Charles Winferd Moss
February 25, 1929 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Joyce Lee Moss
February 16, 1934 (Age 24 years)
Death of a husbandNobel Simmons Moss
July 14, 1936 (Age 27 years)
Census April 23, 1940 (Age 30 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherLucy M Gilliam
February 1, 1942 (Age 32 years)
Cause: Cancer of stomach and hypertension
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 daughter
#4
Regeina Kay Purcell
December 2, 1947 (Age 38 years)
Census April 5, 1950 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 40 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 motherKatie Thomas Moss
April 30, 1960 (Age 50 years)
Death of a fatherMarvin Browden Shemwell
June 22, 1964 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 sisterEvelyn L Shemwell
September 24, 1985 (Age 76 years)
Death of a husbandOrval Glennard Purcell
May 19, 1990 (Age 80 years)
Death December 19, 1995 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Antioch Baptist Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1908Ballard, Kentucky, United States
17 months
herself
11 months
younger sister
19 months
younger sister
Evelyn L Shemwell
Birth: December 16, 1911 27 20Ballard, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 24, 1985McCracken, Kentucky, United States
11 years
younger sister
Iris Moss Shemwell
Birth: May 21, 1923 38 32LaCenter, Ballard, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 10, 2004Melborn, Brevard, Florida, United States
Family with Nobel Simmons Moss - View this family
husband
Nobel Simmons Moss
Birth: December 24, 1903 43 33Ballard, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 14, 1936Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
herself
Marriage: calculated 1925
10 months
daughter
Gloria Eugene “Jean” Moss
Birth: October 18, 1925 21 16Ballard, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 28, 1998South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
3 years
son
Charles Winferd Moss
Birth: February 25, 1929 25 19Mosstown, Ballard, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 15, 2022Zionsville, Boone, Indiana, United States
5 years
daughter
Joyce Lee Moss
Birth: February 16, 1934 30 24Kentucky, United States
Death: October 15, 2022Neosho, Newton, Missouri, United States
Family with Orval Glennard Purcell - View this family
husband
Orval Glennard Purcell
Birth: August 10, 1908Kentucky, United States
Death: May 19, 1990Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
herself
son
Private
daughter
Private
daughter
Regeina Kay Purcell
Birth: December 2, 1947 39 38Barlow, Ballard, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 4, 2020Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States
Family with Private - View this family
husband
Private
herself

Senora Alberta Shemwell has 15 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Marvin Browden Shemwell - Household

Blandville & Slater Road Ballard, KY

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Marvin ShemwellheadMW25M11KYKYKYFarmerGeneral farm
Katie ShemwellwifeFW19M1111KYKYKY
Sonora ShemwelldaughterFW10mMKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Marvin B Shemwell - Household

Hinkleville, Ballard, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shemwell, Marvin BheadMW35MKYKYKYFramerGeneral Farm
Shemwell, Katie TwifeFW28MKYKYKY
Shemwell, Sonora AdaughterFW10MKYKYKY
Shemwell, CatherinedaughterFW9MKYKYKY
Shemwell, EvelyndaughterFW8MKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Nobel Moss - Household

Ballard, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Nobel S MossheadMW26M22KYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Sonora A MosswifeFW20M15KYKYKY
Gloria E MossdaughterFW4SKYKYKY
Charles W MosssonMW1-1mSKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Catherine Shemwell - Household

Ballard, Kentucky Wickliffe Road

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWages
Mayers, CatherineheadFW29MKYRBallardKY
Russell, HermansonMW12SMIRBallardKY
Russell, Marvin TsonMW10SMIRBallardKY
Russell, Leonard DsonMW9SKYRBallardKY
Ozment, CharlessonMW3SKYRBallardKY
Brown, Albertaelder sisterFW30DKYRBallardKYSewingProject
Moss, Charles WnephewMW10SKYRBallardKY
Moss, Joyce LnieceFW6SKYRBallardKY