The Shemwell Family

Bertha Isolene SmithAge: 38 years18941933

Name
Bertha Isolene Smith
Given names
Bertha Isolene
Surname
Smith
Married name
Bertha Isolene Shaw
Married name
Bertha Isolene Smart
Birth October 23, 1894
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 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 22 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 23 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/
Civil marriageLewis Ezra SmartView this family
September 17, 1919 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Avril Louise “Dixie” Smart
January 2, 1920 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Bertha Lee Shaw
May 20, 1925 (Age 30 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
Census April 21, 1930 (Age 35 years)
Death January 2, 1933 (Age 38 years)
Family with Peter Robert Shaw - View this family
husband
herself
daughter
Bertha Lee Shaw
Birth: May 20, 1925 32 30Haywood, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 17, 2021Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
son
Private
Family with Lewis Ezra Smart - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: September 17, 1919Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
4 months
daughter
Mary Avril Louise “Dixie” Smart
Birth: January 2, 1920 23 25Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 16, 1987Oklahoma, United States
Peter Robert Shaw + Pearl Smith - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: July 3, 1910Obion, Tennessee, United States
5 years
step-son
Hazel Elmer Shaw
Birth: April 26, 1915 22 23Kennett, Dunklin, Missouri, United States
Death: December 6, 1988Arkansas, United States
5 years
step-daughter
Peter Robert Shaw + Minnie Crawford - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: November 4, 1933Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Divorce: Cooper, Missouri, United States

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