The Shemwell Family

Paul CassardAge: 82 years18901972

Name
Paul Cassard
Given names
Paul
Surname
Cassard
Birth July 20, 1890 25 31
Birth of a sisterCorrine Cassard
July 1893 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterEdith Indiana Cassard
April 1, 1898 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Eliza Shemwell
January 14, 1900 (Age 9 years)
Census June 2, 1900 (Age 9 years)
Census May 12, 1910 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 25 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 26 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 27 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/
Death of a fatherWilliam Gilbert Cassard
June 29, 1919 (Age 28 years)
Religious marriageMinna Gebhardt DessezView this family
August 15, 1925 (Age 35 years)
Death of a sisterCorrine Cassard
December 31, 1926 (Age 36 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Karen Dowell Cassard
April 6, 1929 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 39 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 15, 1930 (Age 39 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 49 years)
Death of a sisterEdith Indiana Cassard
January 21, 1942 (Age 51 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 51 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 sisterMary Emily Cassard
January 19, 1946 (Age 55 years)
Death of a motherEdith Virginia Dowell
May 24, 1947 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 59 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 55 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 October 8, 1972 (Age 82 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Pauls Episcopal Church Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 2, 1887Calvert, Maryland, United States
1 year
elder sister
Mary Emily Cassard
Birth: February 21, 1888 23 28Maryland, United States
Death: January 19, 1946Calvert, Maryland, United States
2 years
himself
3 years
younger sister
5 years
younger sister
Family with Minna Gebhardt Dessez - View this family
himself
wife
Minna Gebhardt Dessez
Birth: November 8, 1905Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: October 30, 1972New York, New York, United States
Marriage: August 15, 1925Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
4 years
daughter
Karen Dowell Cassard
Birth: April 6, 1929 38 23Rio de Janerio, Brazil, South America
Death: August 31, 2023Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States

Paul Cassard has 3 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Edith Virginia Dowell - Household

Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Cassard, Edith VheadWFApr186634M1344MDMDMD
Cassard, Mary EdaughterWFFeb188812MMDMDMD
Cassard, PaulsonWMAug18909SMDMDMD
Cassard, CorrinedaughterWFJul18936SMDMDMD
Cassard, IndianadaughterWFApr18982SMDMDMD

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Gilbert Cassard - Household

Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Cassard, William GheadMW46M23MDMDMDChaplainUnited States Navy
Cassard, Edith VwifeFW44M2344MDMDMD
Cassard, Mary EdaughterFW22SMDMDMD
Cassard, PaulsonMW19SMDMDMD
Cassard, CorrinedaughterFW14SMDMDMD
Cassard, Edith IdaughterFW12SMDMDMD

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Paul Cassard - Household

Manhattan, New York, New York, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Cassard, PaulheadMW39M35MDMDMDLt CommanderUS Navy
Cassard, Minna DwifeFW24MWDCWDCWDC
Cassard, Karen DdaughterFW11 monthsSBrazilMDWDC

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Paul Cassard - Household

Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Cassard, PaulheadMW49MMDcommanderUS Navy
Cassard, Minna DwifeFW34M
Cassard, Karen DdaughterFW10SSouth America