The Shemwell Family

Pearl Smith1892

Name
Pearl Smith
Given names
Pearl
Surname
Smith
Married name
Pearl Shaw
Birth 1892
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 6 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
Civil marriagePeter Robert ShawView this family
July 3, 1910 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Hazel Elmer Shaw
April 26, 1915 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 24 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 25 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 26 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/
Birth of a daughter
#2
Eveline Shaw
1919 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 37 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Ralph Virgil Price
1935 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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 58 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 husbandPeter Robert Shaw
November 6, 1968 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 54 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 grandsonRalph Virgil Price
1983 (Age 91 years)

Death of a daughterEveline Shaw
1985 (Age 93 years)
Death of a sonHazel Elmer Shaw
December 6, 1988 (Age 96 years)
Deathunknown

Family with Peter Robert Shaw - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: July 3, 1910Obion, Tennessee, United States
5 years
son
Hazel Elmer Shaw
Birth: April 26, 1915 22 23Kennett, Dunklin, Missouri, United States
Death: December 6, 1988Arkansas, United States
5 years
daughter
Peter Robert Shaw + Bertha Isolene Smith - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
step-daughter
Bertha Lee Shaw
Birth: May 20, 1925 32 30Haywood, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 17, 2021Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
step-son
Private
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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