The Shemwell Family

Icel RobertsonAge: 88 years18921981

Name
Icel Robertson
Given names
Icel
Surname
Robertson
Married name
Icel Stewart
Birth December 15, 1892
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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
Occupation
School Teacher
1911 (Age 18 years)

MarriageOra Ernest StewartView this family
March 2, 1913 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Reva E Stewart
November 22, 1914 (Age 21 years)
Death of a husbandOra Ernest Stewart
February 18, 1916 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 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 24 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 25 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 19, 1920 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 36 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 15, 1930 (Age 37 years)
Census April 10, 1940 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 57 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 53 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 December 14, 1981 (Age 88 years)
Family with Ora Ernest Stewart - View this family
husband
Ora Ernest Stewart
Birth: February 9, 1891 28 26Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: February 18, 1916Hickory, Missouri, United States
herself
Icel Robertson
Birth: December 15, 1892Missouri, United States
Death: December 14, 1981Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States
Marriage: March 2, 1913Hickory, Missouri, United States
21 months
daughter
Reva E Stewart
Birth: November 22, 1914 23 21Wheatland, Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: November 4, 2006Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Icel Robertson - Household

Hickory, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Stewart, IcelheadFW27WdMOMOMO
Stewart, Reva EdaughterFW5SMOMOMO

Living with Icel's family

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Icel Robertson - Household

Hickory, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Stewart, Icel RheadFW37Wd19MOMOMOschool teacherpublic school
Stewart, Reva EdaughterFW15SMOMOMO