Ruby Grigsby1914–
- Name
- Ruby Grigsby
- Given names
- Ruby
- Surname
- Grigsby
- Married name
- Ruby Shemwell
 Birth | about 1914 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 15 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 27 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 36 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 |
 Marriage | Ray Ervin Shemwell Sr. — View this family March 8, 1975 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 husband | Ray Ervin Shemwell Sr. February 8, 1982 (Age 68 years) |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with Ray Ervin Shemwell Sr. |
| husband |
Ray Ervin Shemwell Sr. Birth: March 13, 1904 30 21 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 8, 1982 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
| herself |
Ruby Grigsby Birth: about 1914 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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Marriage: March 8, 1975 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
| Ray Ervin Shemwell Sr. + Betty Inez Howell |
| husband |
Ray Ervin Shemwell Sr. Birth: March 13, 1904 30 21 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 8, 1982 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Betty Inez Howell Birth: September 24, 1908 16 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 7, 1974 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
| step-son |
Ray Ervin “Junior” Shemwell Jr. Birth: November 3, 1929 25 21 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States Death: April 22, 1998 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
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9 years step-daughter |
Betty Jean Shemwell Birth: January 1, 1939 34 30 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States Death: December 1998 |
| step-son |
Private |