The Shemwell Family

Minerva Delia “Minnie” RobertsAge: 79 years18831962

Name
Minerva Delia “Minnie” Roberts
Given names
Minerva Delia
Surname
Roberts
Nickname
Minnie
Married name
Minerva Delia Barrett
Birth about 1883
MarriagePhilip Joseph BarrettView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Elizabeth Lorena Barrett
January 12, 1903 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Arthur Cruce Barrett
January 12, 1903 (Age 20 years)
Death of a husbandPhilip Joseph Barrett
September 3, 1905 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 33 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 34 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 35 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/
Marriage of a childGranbury Dabney “Uncle Dow” ShemwellElizabeth Lorena BarrettView this family
about 1920 (Age 37 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1
Kenneth Dabney “Skeets” Shemwell
February 24, 1921 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
David Roland Shemwell Sr.
February 2, 1923 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Donald Lee Shemwell
September 15, 1929 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 46 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
Marriage of a childArthur Cruce BarrettMarjorie Louise SebreeView this family
January 11, 1945 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Susan Joan Barrett
July 14, 1945 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 58 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
Birth of a grandson
#5
Philip James Barrett
October 23, 1946 (Age 63 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 67 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 63 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 about 1962 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Resthaven Gardens Cemetery
Family with Philip Joseph Barrett - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
daughter
son
Arthur Cruce Barrett
Birth: January 12, 1903 32 20Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 19, 1980North Richland Hills, Tarrant, Texas, United States