The Shemwell Family

Elea Louise WilkinsAge: 79 years19111990

Name
Elea Louise Wilkins
Given names
Elea Louise
Surname
Wilkins
Married name
Elea Louise Shemwell
Married name
Elea Louise Bolton
Birth May 19, 1911
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 18 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
MarriageJohn Thomas “Johnny” ShemwellView this family
June 20, 1934 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Robert Lee Shemwell
January 19, 1935 (Age 23 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 38 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 of a childRobert Lee ShemwellEdith Mae JonesView this family
September 7, 1963 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 husbandJohn Thomas “Johnny” Shemwell
March 27, 1990 (Age 78 years)
Burial of a husbandJohn Thomas “Johnny” Shemwell
1990 (Age 78 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
Death May 24, 1990 (Age 79 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lawnridge Cemetery
Family with John Thomas “Johnny” Shemwell - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: June 20, 1934Todd, Kentucky, United States
7 months
son
Robert Lee Shemwell
Birth: January 19, 1935 33 23Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 6, 2018Dixon, Lee, Illinois, United States
Family with Private - View this family
husband
Private
herself
John Thomas “Johnny” Shemwell + Nettie Mae Harris - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Nettie Mae Harris
Birth: February 9, 1907Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 25, 1928Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: December 20, 1922
15 months
step-daughter
Mamie Irene Shemwell
Birth: March 31, 1924 22 17Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 18, 1992Davidson, Tennessee, United States

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Charles Emmet Shemwell - Household

Sharon Grove Todd Ky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeBPCityCondOccupationIndustry
Charles Emmet ShemwellheadMW65KYSame placeWdFarmerFarm
Johnny ShemwellnephewMW39KYSame placeMFarm LaborFarm
Louise ShemwellnieceFW26KYSame placeM
Robert Lee ShemwellnephewMW5KYSame placeS

Notes: Charles is Widowed. Johnny & Louise are both Married-I assume to each other. -b