The Shemwell Family

Nadine Eloise WassellAge: 65 years19071973

Name
Nadine Eloise Wassell
Given names
Nadine Eloise
Surname
Wassell
Married name
Nadine Eloise Obermeyer
Birth July 28, 1907 27 17
Census April 16, 1910 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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 3, 1920 (Age 12 years)
Death of a fatherWarren Thompson Wassell
January 1, 1923 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 1930 (Age 22 years)
MarriageHubert Henry ObermeyerView this family
1931 (Age 23 years)

Death of a paternal grandmotherMelvina Pamelia Thompson
May 18, 1935 (Age 27 years)
Cause: Cardiac Arrhythmia
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 motherAlice “Allie” L Oliver
January 1, 1956 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 February 1, 1973 (Age 65 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Alice “Allie” L Oliver
Birth: September 12, 1889Fulton, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 1, 1956Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Marriage: November 18, 1906Obion, Tennessee, United States
8 months
herself
Nadine Eloise Wassell
Birth: July 28, 1907 27 17Kentucky, United States
Death: February 1, 1973Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, United States
Family with Hubert Henry Obermeyer - View this family
husband
Hubert Henry Obermeyer
Birth: March 20, 1906Martell, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States
Death: March 30, 1975Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, United States
herself
Nadine Eloise Wassell
Birth: July 28, 1907 27 17Kentucky, United States
Death: February 1, 1973Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, United States
Marriage: 1931

Nadine Eloise Wassell has 6 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Warren Thompson Wassel - Household

Greenfield, Weakley, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Wassel, Werner TheadMW30M4MOKYUnited Statessculptormarble works
Wassel, AlliewifeFW20M411KYKYKY
Wassel, NadinedaughterFW2SKYMOKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Warren Thompson Wassel - Household

Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Wassel, Warren TheadMW39MILILILmarble cutter
Wassel, AlliewifeFW30MKYKYKY
Wassel, NadinedaughterFW12SKYILKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Nadine Eloise Wassel - Household

Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Wassel, NadineRoomerFW22SKYMOKYStenographerState House