The Shemwell Family

Dorothy Cordelia BennettAge: 79 years19111991

Name
Dorothy Cordelia Bennett
Given names
Dorothy Cordelia
Surname
Bennett
Married name
Dorothy Cordelia Stakelbeck
Birth July 25, 1911 34 32
Birth of a brotherCharles Owen “Chuck” Bennett Jr.
March 17, 1916 (Age 4 years)
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/
Census January 3, 1920 (Age 8 years)
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
Census April 4, 1930 (Age 18 years)
Death of a sisterElizabeth Lucile Bennett
September 20, 1932 (Age 21 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
Death of a motherBirdie Alice Bunch
May 31, 1946 (Age 34 years)
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
Death of a fatherCharles Oscar Bennett
November 16, 1962 (Age 51 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 March 10, 1991 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenlawn Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1908
16 months
elder sister
Elizabeth Lucile Bennett
Birth: May 1, 1909 32 29Kentucky, United States
Death: September 20, 1932Franklin, Johnson, Indiana, United States
2 years
herself
Dorothy Cordelia Bennett
Birth: July 25, 1911 34 32Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 10, 1991Franklin, Johnson, Indiana, United States
5 years
younger brother
Family with Herbert Fay Stakelbeck - View this family
husband
Herbert Fay Stakelbeck
Birth: September 2, 1912Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, United States
Death: November 9, 1996Franklin, Johnson, Indiana, United States
herself
Dorothy Cordelia Bennett
Birth: July 25, 1911 34 32Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 10, 1991Franklin, Johnson, Indiana, United States
son
Private
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husband
Herbert Fay Stakelbeck
Birth: September 2, 1912Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, United States
Death: November 9, 1996Franklin, Johnson, Indiana, United States
step-daughter
Private
step-son
Private

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles Oscar Bennett - Household

502 East Thompson Street Blue River, Johnson, Indiana

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Bennett, Charles OheadMW43MINININLetter CutterMonument Co.
Bennett, Birdie AwifeFW40MKYGAKY
Bennett, ElizabethdaughterFW10SKYINKY
Bennett, DorothydaughterFW8SKYINKY
Bennett, Charles JrsonMW3-9mSININKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Charles Oscar Bennett - Household

30 W. South St. Franklin, Johnson, Indiana

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Bennett, Charles OheadMW53M29INININSculptorMonuments
Bennett, Birdie AwifeFW50M27KYKYKY
Bennett, Elizabeth LdaughterFW20SKYINKYBook keeperAuto - Insurance
Bennett, DorothydaughterFW18SKYINKY
Bennett, Charles JrsonMW14SININKY