The Shemwell Family

Ruby WickerAge: 83 years19011984

Name
Ruby Wicker
Given names
Ruby
Surname
Wicker
Married name
Ruby Shaw
Birth July 1, 1901 28 26
Death of a paternal grandmotherRoresta Margaret Holland
February 10, 1902 (Age 7 months)
Birth of a brotherXelpho Palmer Wicker
March 20, 1903 (Age 20 months)
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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 8, 1920 (Age 18 years)
MarriageEarl ShawView this family
June 1921 (Age 19 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherRobert A Wicker
July 1, 1922 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 40 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 48 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 motherMary Edith Palmer
1956 (Age 54 years)

Death of a fatherMathew Wimpy Wicker
1963 (Age 61 years)

Death of a husbandEarl Shaw
November 27, 1965 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 August 4, 1984 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Buster Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 30, 1896Pince City, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
5 years
herself
Ruby Wicker
Birth: July 1, 1901 28 26Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: August 4, 1984Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States
21 months
younger brother
Xelpho Palmer Wicker
Birth: March 20, 1903 30 27Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: October 9, 1989Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States
Family with Earl Shaw - View this family
husband
Earl Shaw
Birth: February 25, 1883Jefferson, Kansas, United States
Death: November 27, 1965Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States
herself
Ruby Wicker
Birth: July 1, 1901 28 26Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: August 4, 1984Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States
Marriage: June 1921

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Mathen Wimpy Wicker - Household

Oakley Street Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Wicker, MathenheadMW37M12ILILKYMotor ManStreet Car
Wicker, EdithwifeFW35M132MOPNIN
Wicker, RubydaughterFW8MMOILMO
Wicker, XelphosonMW7SMOILMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Mathen Wimpy Wicker - Household

Oakley Street Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Wicker, MatthewheadMW46MILKYUSMotor ManIron Works
Wicker, EdithwifeFW43MMOUSIN
Wicker, RubydaughterFW18MMOILMOFile ClerkMail Order House
Wicker, XelphosonMW16SMOILMOCheckerMail Order House