The Shemwell Family

Martha Rebecca “Mattie” BurnettAge: 89 years19172007

Name
Martha Rebecca “Mattie” Burnett
Given names
Martha Rebecca
Surname
Burnett
Nickname
Mattie
Married name
Martha Rebecca Loshbough
Married name
Martha Rebecca Geipel
Birth November 23, 1917 31 33
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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 39 days)

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/
Birth of a sisterHazel Alice Burnett
May 5, 1919 (Age 17 months)
Census January 14, 1920 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Quincy Burnett
January 24, 1922 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterMarjorie Rose Burnett
March 22, 1923 (Age 5 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJoseph David Dorton
June 11, 1924 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherQuincy Thomas Burnett
November 8, 1927 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherHerbert Charles Burnett
April 3, 1929 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 11 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 17, 1930 (Age 12 years)
Death of a fatherJames Douglas “Dug” Burnett
May 29, 1931 (Age 13 years)
Death of a motherVersa Etna Dorton
April 24, 1936 (Age 18 years)
Census April 13, 1940 (Age 22 years)
Death of a brotherQuincy Thomas Burnett
April 10, 1942 (Age 24 years)
Death of a brotherPvt. Douglas W Burnett
March 29, 1943 (Age 25 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMartha Ellen “Mattie” Hamby
March 15, 1944 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 brotherJoe John Burnett
December 20, 1950 (Age 33 years)
Cause: Struck by Trailer truck
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 32 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 maternal grandmotherRebecca Ann Selby
November 10, 1961 (Age 43 years)
Death of a sisterErnestine Burnett
July 13, 1973 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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 sisterMabel G Burnett
October 22, 1978 (Age 60 years)
MarriageEdwin GeipelView this family
1980 (Age 62 years)

Death of a brotherJames Martin Burnett
October 16, 1984 (Age 66 years)
Death of a husbandFrank Henry Loshbough
July 15, 1988 (Age 70 years)
Death of a sisterMarjorie Rose Burnett
July 19, 1991 (Age 73 years)

Death of a husbandEdwin Geipel
May 2002 (Age 84 years)

Death of a sisterHazel Alice Burnett
June 13, 2002 (Age 84 years)

Death of a brotherHerbert Charles Burnett
March 28, 2004 (Age 86 years)
Death March 10, 2007 (Age 89 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: North Shore Memory Gardens
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1906
3 months
elder brother
James Martin Burnett
Birth: April 11, 1906 20 22Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 16, 1984Ludington, Mason, Michigan, United States
17 months
elder sister
Ernestine Burnett
Birth: September 25, 1907 21 23Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 13, 1973Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, United States
2 years
elder brother
Joe John Burnett
Birth: February 23, 1910 24 25Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 20, 1950Crab Orchard, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
17 months
elder sister
Mabel G Burnett
Birth: August 3, 1911 25 27Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 22, 1978Brevard, Florida, United States
3 years
elder brother
Pvt. Douglas W Burnett
Birth: about 1914 27 29Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 29, 1943North Africa
4 years
herself
17 months
younger sister
4 years
younger sister
5 years
younger brother
Quincy Thomas Burnett
Birth: November 8, 1927 41 43Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 10, 1942Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
17 months
younger brother
Herbert Charles Burnett
Birth: April 3, 1929 43 45Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 28, 2004Houston, Texas, United States
Family with Frank Henry Loshbough - View this family
husband
Frank Henry Loshbough
Birth: July 18, 1907Stevensville, Berrien, Michigan, United States
Death: July 15, 1988Berrien, Michigan, United States
herself
daughter
Private
Family with Edwin Geipel - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: 1980

Martha Rebecca “Mattie” Burnett has 5 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Douglas Burnett - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Burnett, James DheadMW33MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Burnett, ElnawifeFW34MTNTNTN
Burnett, JamessonMW13STNTNTN
Burnett, ErnestinedaughterFW11STNTNTN
Burnett, JoesonMW9STNTNTN
Burnett, MabeldaughterFW7STNTNTN
Burnett, DouglassonMW6STNTNTN
Burnett, MattiedaughterFW2-2mSTNTNTN
Burnett, HazeldaughterFW7mSTNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Douglas Burnett - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Burnett, J DouglasheadMW44M19TNTNTNFarmerFarm
Burnett, V EtnawifeFW46M21TNTNTN
Burnett, Joe JsonMW20STNTNTNLaborerFarm
Burnett, Mabel GdaughterFW18STNTNTN
Burnett, W DouglassonMW16STNTNTNLaborerFarm
Burnett, Rebecca MdaughterFW12STNTNTN
Burnett, Alice HdaughterFW10STNTNTN
Burnett, Marjorie RdaughterFW6STNTNTN
Burnett, QuincysonMW2-4mSTNTNTN
Burnett, HerbertsonMW11mSTNTNTN