The Shemwell Family

Clara Elisabeth “Betty” JonesAge: 70 years19211992

Name
Clara Elisabeth “Betty” Jones
Given names
Clara Elisabeth
Surname
Jones
Nickname
Betty
Married name
Clara Elisabeth Tate
Birth December 26, 1921
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 7 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 5, 1940 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Elisabeth Jean “Betty Jean” Tate
March 19, 1942 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Kenneth Herbert Tate
August 25, 1943 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 19 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 28 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 sonKenneth Herbert Tate
May 12, 1963 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 24 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 July 18, 1992 (Age 70 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Evergreen Cemetery
Family with Eugene Edgbert “Gene” Tate - View this family
husband
Eugene Edgbert “Gene” Tate
Birth: January 13, 1910 32 30White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 10, 1993Morgantown, Butler, Kentucky, United States
herself
daughter
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daughter
Elisabeth Jean “Betty Jean” Tate
Birth: March 19, 1942 32 20Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 22, 2005Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States
17 months
son
Kenneth Herbert Tate
Birth: August 25, 1943 33 21Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 12, 1963Greensburg, Greenup, Kentucky, United States
daughter
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son
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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Eugene Edgbert “Gene” Tate - Household

Highway 41 Hopkins, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Tate, Eugene EXheadMW30MKYRLoganKYMath TeacherCo. High School
Tate, Betty CwifeFW18MPARLoganKY