The Shemwell Family

Violet Mae ShemwellAge: 82 years19272009

Name
Violet Mae Shemwell
Given names
Violet Mae
Surname
Shemwell
Married name
Violet Mae Binkley
Birth June 23, 1927 37 39
No Children
No Children

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 2 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 10, 1930 (Age 2 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Washington White
February 8, 1932 (Age 4 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Permelia Sherrod
May 8, 1940 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 14 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
MarriageKermit Lasley BinkleyView this family
February 14, 1948 (Age 20 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWiley “Buck” Shemwell
December 5, 1953 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 22 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 fatherNoble John Shemwell
January 19, 1965 (Age 37 years)
Death of a motherCora Jane White
January 19, 1971 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 18 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 sisterAlpha Lee “Alfie” Shemwell
February 22, 1991 (Age 63 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Thurman Shemwell
February 10, 1997 (Age 69 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Elizabeth Shemwell
January 17, 2002 (Age 74 years)
Death December 14, 2009 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maple Grove Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 1910
11 months
elder sister
Alpha Lee “Alfie” Shemwell
Birth: September 28, 1911 22 23Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 22, 1991Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
21 months
elder sister
Alma Marie Shemwell
Birth: July 6, 1913 23 25Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 11, 1923Logan, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder brother
Thomas Thurman Shemwell
Birth: March 13, 1916 26 28Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 10, 1997Holly, Oakland, Michigan, United States
3 years
elder sister
9 years
herself
Violet Mae Shemwell
Birth: June 23, 1927 37 39Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 14, 2009Concord, Jackson, Michigan, United States
Family with Kermit Lasley Binkley - View this family
husband
Kermit Lasley Binkley
Birth: October 16, 1925Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 24, 2011Concord, Jackson, Michigan, United States
herself
Violet Mae Shemwell
Birth: June 23, 1927 37 39Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 14, 2009Concord, Jackson, Michigan, United States
Marriage: February 14, 1948Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States

Violet Mae Shemwell has 22 first cousins recorded

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

Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shemwell, NobleheadMW40M21KYKYKYFarmerGeneral farm
Shemwell, CorawifeFW42M23KYKYKY
Shemwell, Alpha LdaughterFW18SKYKYKY
Shemwell, ThurmonsonMW14SKYKYKY
Shemwell, ElizabethdaughterFW11SKYKYKY
Shemwell, Violet MdaughterFW3-11mSKYKYKY

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

Brownings Mill Road Logan, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Shemwell, Noble JXheadMW50MKYSame HouseFarmerFarm
Shemwell, Cora JwifeFW51MKYSame House
Shemwell, VioletdaughterFW12SKYSame House
White, Rabiehired handMW47SKYSame HouseFarm laborerFarm

White, Rabie is probably Cora's family -b