Grace Gertrude ShemwellAge: 41 years1903–1945
- Name
- Grace Gertrude Shemwell
- Given names
- Grace Gertrude
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Grace Gertrude Lear
 Birth | November 11, 1903 32 29 |
 Birth of a sister | Hazel O Shemwell calculated 1905 (Age 13 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Mildred Drue Shemwell December 4, 1907 (Age 4 years) Note: memorial says 26 APR 1906 |
 Census | April 23, 1910 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 12 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 sister | Hazel O Shemwell September 11, 1918 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 13 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 14 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 13, 1920 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 25 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 14, 1930 (Age 26 years) |
 Marriage | Walter Lear — View this family about 1935 (Age 31 years) |
| Census | April 13, 1940 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mary Elizabeth Lear August 10, 1945 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 | August 13, 1945 (Age 41 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Jackson Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Samuel Anderson Shemwell Birth: May 5, 1871 40 38 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 4, 1958 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Mary Elizabeth Blackwell Birth: September 14, 1874 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 14, 1954 — Beech Creek, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: November 1, 1898 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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10 months elder sister |
Clarice D Shemwell Birth: September 6, 1899 28 24 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 19, 1981 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years herself |
Grace Gertrude Shemwell Birth: November 11, 1903 32 29 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 13, 1945 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Hazel O Shemwell Birth: calculated 1905 33 30 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: September 11, 1918 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Mildred Drue Shemwell Birth: December 4, 1907 36 33 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 4, 1996 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Walter Lear |
| husband |
Walter Lear Birth: October 21, 1916 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 17, 1978 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Grace Gertrude Shemwell Birth: November 11, 1903 32 29 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 13, 1945 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1935 — |
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11 years daughter |
Mary Elizabeth Lear Birth: August 10, 1945 28 41 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 6, 2024 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
Grace Gertrude Shemwell has 17 first cousins recorded
Father's family (9)
Parents David W O'Neal + Drucilla J Shemwell
Parents John William Shemwell + Susan Florence O'Neal
Parents James H Shemwell + Eudoxie Roberson
Parents William C Key + Mattie V Shemwell
Mother's family (8)
Parents Marcus Delumuel Shemwell + Laura Emily “Emma” Blackwell
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Anderson Shemwell - Household
Muhlenberg, KY
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Samuel A Shemwell - Household
Muhlenberg, KY
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Samuel A Shemwell - Household
111 Elkton Road Muhlenberg, KY
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Walter Lear - Household
Between Hwy 181 & 171 Muhlenberg, KY
Next door to her parents |