The Shemwell Family

Hazel Elmer ShawAge: 73 years19151988

Name
Hazel Elmer Shaw
Given names
Hazel Elmer
Surname
Shaw
Birth April 26, 1915 22 23
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 months)

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 20 months)

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 2 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 sisterEveline Shaw
1919 (Age 3 years)
Census January 5, 1920 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a half-sisterLillian Shaw
March 5, 1924 (Age 8 years)
Death of a half-sisterLillian Shaw
March 28, 1924 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-sisterBertha Lee Shaw
May 20, 1925 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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 21, 1930 (Age 14 years)
Marriage of a parentPeter Robert ShawMinnie CrawfordView this family
Type: Civil marriage
November 4, 1933 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 34 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 fatherPeter Robert Shaw
November 6, 1968 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 sisterEveline Shaw
1985 (Age 69 years)
Death December 6, 1988 (Age 73 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: July 3, 1910Obion, Tennessee, United States
5 years
himself
Hazel Elmer Shaw
Birth: April 26, 1915 22 23Kennett, Dunklin, Missouri, United States
Death: December 6, 1988Arkansas, United States
5 years
younger sister
Father’s family with Bertha Isolene Smith - View this family
father
step-mother
half-sister
Lillian Shaw
Birth: March 5, 1924 31 29Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 28, 1924Clay, Arkansas, United States
14 months
half-sister
Bertha Lee Shaw
Birth: May 20, 1925 32 30Haywood, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 17, 2021Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
half-brother
Private
Father’s family with Minnie Crawford - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: November 4, 1933Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Divorce: Cooper, Missouri, United States
Family with Private - View this family
himself
Hazel Elmer Shaw
Birth: April 26, 1915 22 23Kennett, Dunklin, Missouri, United States
Death: December 6, 1988Arkansas, United States
wife
Private

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Peter Robert Shaw - Household

Clay, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shaw, Peter RheadMW27WTNTNTNrailroadsection house
Shaw, HazelsonMW4SARARTN