The Shemwell Family

Charles Kensing “Kenny” HoweAge: 79 years19151994

Name
Charles Kensing “Kenny” Howe
Given names
Charles Kensing
Surname
Howe
Nickname
Kenny
Birth August 12, 1915 33 29
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 16 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/
Census January 22, 1920 (Age 4 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
Death of a fatherCharles Henry Howe
August 24, 1931 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary S Troutt
September 22, 1939 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Jacklyn Lee “Jackie” Howe
October 19, 1939 (Age 24 years)
Census May 12, 1940 (Age 24 years)
Military
WW2 Draft
October 16, 1940 (Age 25 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
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 half-brotherBurgett Eugene “Bert” Shemwell
March 16, 1991 (Age 75 years)
Death November 2, 1994 (Age 79 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
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father
Charles Henry Howe
Birth: February 1, 1882Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
Death: August 24, 1931East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
mother
Marriage: August 15, 1912Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, United States
3 years
himself
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step-father
mother
Marriage:
half-brother
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himself
wife
Evelyn D Rose
Birth: September 21, 1921 22 22St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Death: February 14, 2007Collinsville, Madison, Illinois, United States
daughter
Jacklyn Lee “Jackie” Howe
Birth: October 19, 1939 24 18East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
Death: May 27, 2016Collinsville, Madison, Illinois, United States
son
Private
daughter

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles Howe - Household

Roy Ave Canteen, St Clair, Illinois

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Howe, CharlesheadMW37MILILILLaborerSmelter
Howe, GertrudewifeFW34MILILIL
Howe, BurgettdaughterFW10SILILIL
Howe, KensingsonMW4SILILIL

Burgett is stepson

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Gertrude “Girdie” Shemwell - Household

Washington Park, St. Clair, Illinois, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Howe, GertrudeheadFW54WdILseamstressown home
Howe, Charles sonMW24MILlaborerpaint mfg company