The Shemwell Family

Kate Lorine HusseyAge: 76 years18951971

Name
Kate Lorine Hussey
Given names
Kate Lorine
Surname
Hussey
Married name
Kate Lorine Shemwell
Birth 1895

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 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 22 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 23 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/
MarriageJohn Lymon ShemwellView this family
January 29, 1919 (Age 24 years)
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 34 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 1, 1930 (Age 35 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 46 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 55 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 husbandJohn Lymon Shemwell
December 16, 1970 (Age 75 years)
Address: Methodist Hospital
Burial of a husbandJohn Lymon Shemwell
December 18, 1970 (Age 75 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arlington Heights Cemetery
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 51 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 1971 (Age 76 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Erin Oak Hill Cemetery
Note: Herb has Arlington Heights
Family with John Lymon Shemwell - View this family
husband
John Lymon Shemwell
Birth: March 11, 1890 24 24Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 16, 1970Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
herself
Marriage: January 29, 1919Davidson, Tennessee, United States

No family available

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John Lymon Shemwell - Household

9th Dist. Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, USA

NameRelationTenSexRaceAgeMCYOIN/AYONEduBPFBPMBPNLEng?OccupationIndustryEmploy
John Lymon ShemwellheadMW29MTNTNTNDepo AgentRail Road
Kate Lorine wifeFW23MTNTNTNPorterGrocery store

Notes: Boarders in C. J. & Annie Hood household

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - John Lymon Shemwell - Household

Civil District 1, Enu. 79-156 Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, USA

NameRelationAssetsSexRaceAgeMCAgMEduBPFBPMBPNLYOIN/AEng?OccupationIndustryEmployVetWar
John Lymon ShemwellheadMW40S28TNTNTNAgentRail Road
Kate L. HusseywifeFW34S21TNTNTN

Notes: Summerville St.

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - John Lymon Shemwell - Household

Memphis, Shelby Tn.

NameRelationSexRaceAgeBPOccupationIndustry
J L ShemwellheadMW45TNTelegraph OperatorRailroad
Kate ShemwellwifeFW40TN

Burial
Herb has Arlington Heights