The Shemwell Family

Karen Dowell CassardAge: 94 years19292023

Name
Karen Dowell Cassard
Given names
Karen Dowell
Surname
Cassard
Married name
Karen Dowell O’brien
Birth April 6, 1929 38 23
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 5 months)

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 12 months)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 12 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 paternal grandmotherEdith Virginia Dowell
May 24, 1947 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 20 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 fatherPaul Cassard
October 8, 1972 (Age 43 years)

Death of a motherMinna Gebhardt Dessez
October 30, 1972 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 16 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 August 31, 2023 (Age 94 years)
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father
mother
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
herself
Karen Dowell Cassard
Birth: April 6, 1929 38 23Rio de Janerio, Brazil, South America
Death: August 31, 2023Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
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husband
Private
herself
Karen Dowell Cassard
Birth: April 6, 1929 38 23Rio de Janerio, Brazil, South America
Death: August 31, 2023Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States
daughter
Private

Karen Dowell Cassard has 2 first cousins recorded

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