Virginia Juanita Shemwell1902–
- Name
- Virginia Juanita Shemwell
- Given names
- Virginia Juanita
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Virginia Juanita Thompson
 Birth | about 1902 21 |
 Birth of a half-brother | Jewell Morton Shemwell October 28, 1907 (Age 5 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | John Morton “Jack” Shemwell — Attie G Speece — View this family November 9, 1907 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Arvin Owen “Buster” Shemwell September 24, 1908 (Age 6 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Benjamin H Kittrell — Ida Jones — View this family November 23, 1911 (Age 9 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | John Morton “Jack” Shemwell — Maude D Carey — View this family Type: Civil marriage December 18, 1911 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William David Shemwell August 26, 1913 (Age 11 years) Address: Confederate Home Cause: Cancer of the Liver |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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 | Forrest Leffler Thompson — View this family about 1923 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Lucy Elizabeth Platt March 11, 1929 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 27 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 |
| Death of a father | John Morton “Jack” Shemwell May 12, 1951 (Age 49 years) Cause: Lukemia |
| Death of a half-brother | Arvin Owen “Buster” Shemwell November 4, 1951 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 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 44 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-brother | Jewell Morton Shemwell February 16, 1977 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a husband | Forrest Leffler Thompson February 7, 1978 (Age 76 years) |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Morton “Jack” Shemwell Birth: March 5, 1880 33 30 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: May 12, 1951 — Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Ida Jones Death: |
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Marriage: January 1, 1901 — Nelson, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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Divorce: November 1906 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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2 years herself |
Virginia Juanita Shemwell Birth: about 1902 21 — Missouri, United States Death: |
| Father’s family with Maude D Carey |
| father |
John Morton “Jack” Shemwell Birth: March 5, 1880 33 30 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: May 12, 1951 — Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States |
| step-mother |
Maude D Carey Birth: June 8, 1889 — Missouri, United States Death: November 26, 1969 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: December 18, 1911 — |
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-3 years half-brother |
Arvin Owen “Buster” Shemwell Adoption: Birth: September 24, 1908 — Clinton, Henry, Missouri, United States Death: November 4, 1951 — San Mateo, California, United States |
| Father’s family with Attie G Speece |
| father |
John Morton “Jack” Shemwell Birth: March 5, 1880 33 30 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: May 12, 1951 — Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States |
| step-mother |
Attie G Speece Birth: December 24, 1884 23 22 — Missouri, United States Death: December 8, 1954 — El Dorado, California, United States |
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Marriage: November 9, 1907 — Henry, Missouri, United States |
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Jewell Morton Shemwell Birth: October 28, 1907 27 22 — Clinton, Missouri, United States Death: February 16, 1977 — Sacramento, California, United States |
| Mother’s family with Benjamin H Kittrell |
| step-father |
Benjamin H Kittrell Death: |
| mother |
Ida Jones Death: |
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Marriage: November 23, 1911 — Leavenworth, Kansas, United States |
| Family with Forrest Leffler Thompson |
| husband |
Forrest Leffler Thompson Birth: February 21, 1898 — Missouri, United States Death: February 7, 1978 — Fountain Valley, Orange, California, United States |
| herself |
Virginia Juanita Shemwell Birth: about 1902 21 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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Marriage: about 1923 — |