The Shemwell Family

Margaret Williams “Peg” TurleyAge: 95 years18951991

Name
Margaret Williams “Peg” Turley
Given names
Margaret Williams
Surname
Turley
Married name
Margaret Williams Kella
Nickname
Peg
Birth August 12, 1895 28 28
Birth of a sisterMary Elizabeth “Bess” Turley
March 23, 1898 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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 9, 1900 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterRoxie Lee “Bobbie” Turley
November 2, 1900 (Age 5 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherCol. Christopher Columbus Higgerson
February 11, 1903 (Age 7 years)
Address: Near Boonville
Birth of a brotherWilliam Pearson “Billy” Turley
September 16, 1903 (Age 8 years)
Death of a motherMary Enola “Molly” Higgerson
1904 (Age 8 years)
Marriage of a parentHarry Pearson TurleyIva “Ivy” UptonView this family
Type: Religious marriage
November 15, 1906 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Dade Turley
August 22, 1917 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 21 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 22 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/
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Frances Herndon
May 15, 1920 (Age 24 years)
Residence 1921 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Edward Turley “Sonny” Kella
1925 (Age 29 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 34 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 46 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 fatherHarry Pearson Turley
September 11, 1948 (Age 53 years)
Note: Name: Harry Turley
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 54 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 sisterJessie Enola “Nullie” Turley
November 15, 1956 (Age 61 years)
Death of a sonEdward Turley “Sonny” Kella
1958 (Age 62 years)

Cause: Stabbed to death
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 50 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 sisterMary Elizabeth “Bess” Turley
November 28, 1978 (Age 83 years)
Death of a brotherEmmett Hall “Pete” Turley
March 19, 1982 (Age 86 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Columbus Turley
September 26, 1985 (Age 90 years)

Death of a sisterRoxie Lee “Bobbie” Turley
August 16, 1988 (Age 93 years)
Death May 9, 1991 (Age 95 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 3, 1888Cooper, Missouri, United States
8 months
elder sister
Jessie Enola “Nullie” Turley
Birth: May 25, 1889 22 22Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: November 15, 1956Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States
20 months
elder brother
Emmett Hall “Pete” Turley
Birth: January 9, 1891 24 23Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: March 19, 1982Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder brother
2 years
herself
Margaret Williams “Peg” Turley
Birth: August 12, 1895 28 28Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: May 9, 1991Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States
3 years
younger sister
Mary Elizabeth “Bess” Turley
Birth: March 23, 1898 31 30Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 28, 1978Missouri, United States
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
William Pearson “Billy” Turley
Birth: September 16, 1903 36 36Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: January 24, 1994San Diego, California, United States
Father’s family with Iva “Ivy” Upton - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: November 15, 1906Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Family with James Edward Kella - View this family
husband
herself
Margaret Williams “Peg” Turley
Birth: August 12, 1895 28 28Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: May 9, 1991Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States
daughter
Private
son

Margaret Williams “Peg” Turley has 13 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Harry Pearson Turley - Household

Lamine, Cooper, Missouri

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Turley, Harry PheadWMNov186633M12MOMOMOFarmer
Turley, Molly EwifeWFApr186733M1255MOMOMO
Turley, Jessie EdaughterWFMay188911MMOMOMO
Turley, Emmett HsonWMJan18919SMOMOMO
Turley, John CsonWMAug18936SMOMOMO
Turley, MargaretdaughterWFAug18954SMOMOMO
Turley, Mary EdaughterWFMar18982SMOMOMO
Hill, Dona PservantWFApr186139SMOWVWV