The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	May 21, 1900 39 29 Kentucky, United States
Death of a father	William Douglas Green February 8, 1908 (Age 7 years) Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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	Ivy Myrtle Shemwell — View this family December 9, 1921 (Age 21 years) Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Birth of a daughter #1	Volna Imogene “Gene” Greene January 22, 1923 (Age 22 years) Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Birth of a daughter #2	Marjorie Geraldine “Jeri” Greene April 30, 1926 (Age 25 years) Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death	September 20, 1928 (Age 28 years) Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Obituary	Obituary September 21, 1928 (1 day after death) Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States

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Family with parents - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ada May Harrell Richard Garnett Green William Douglas Green Birth: April 1861 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 8, 1908 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse William Douglas Green Richard Garnett Green Ada May Harrell Birth: December 1870 — Kentucky, United States Death:
	Marriage: —
himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ivy Myrtle Shemwell Volna Imogene “Gene” Greene Marjorie Geraldine “Jeri” Greene Richard Garnett Green Birth: May 21, 1900 39 29 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 20, 1928 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States

Family with Ivy Myrtle Shemwell - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ivy Myrtle Shemwell Volna Imogene “Gene” Greene Marjorie Geraldine “Jeri” Greene Richard Garnett Green Birth: May 21, 1900 39 29 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 20, 1928 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse James Gordon Burke Family with spouse Richard Garnett Green Volna Imogene “Gene” Greene Marjorie Geraldine “Jeri” Greene Ivy Myrtle Shemwell Birth: July 16, 1902 29 19 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 14, 1999 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
	Marriage: December 9, 1921 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States
13 months daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Volna Imogene “Gene” Greene Birth: January 22, 1923 22 20 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: November 9, 2014 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
3 years daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Al “Al” Smith Family with spouse John Fitzgerald “Jack” Reading Family with spouse Marjorie Geraldine “Jeri” Greene Birth: April 30, 1926 25 23 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 29, 2004 — San Diego, California, United States

James Gordon Burke + Ivy Myrtle Shemwell - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Ivy Myrtle Shemwell James Gordon Burke Birth: March 10, 1886 — LaFayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: August 30, 1973 — Christian, Kentucky, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse James Gordon Burke Family with spouse Richard Garnett Green Volna Imogene “Gene” Greene Marjorie Geraldine “Jeri” Greene Ivy Myrtle Shemwell Birth: July 16, 1902 29 19 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 14, 1999 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
	Marriage: —

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	William Douglas Green 1861–1908
mother Parents (unknown)	Ada May Harrell 1870–
himself Family Ivy Myrtle Shemwell Volna Imogene “Gene” Greene Marjorie Geraldine “Jeri” Greene	Richard Garnett Green 1900–1928
Family with Ivy Myrtle Shemwell
himself Parents William Douglas Green Ada May Harrell	Richard Garnett Green 1900–1928
wife Parents William Santford Shemwell Callie Emaline Morris	Ivy Myrtle Shemwell 1902–1999
daughter Family Private Private Private	Volna Imogene “Gene” Greene 1923–2014
daughter Family Al “Al” Smith Private John Fitzgerald “Jack” Reading Private Private Private	Marjorie Geraldine “Jeri” Greene 1926–2004
James Gordon Burke + Ivy Myrtle Shemwell
wife’s husband Parents (unknown)	James Gordon Burke 1886–1973
wife Parents William Santford Shemwell Callie Emaline Morris	Ivy Myrtle Shemwell 1902–1999