The Shemwell Family

Delmar Lloyd ShemwellAge: 88 years19101998

Name
Delmar Lloyd Shemwell
Given names
Delmar Lloyd
Surname
Shemwell
Note: Henry J, in the 1910 Census (changed name?) -b
Birth March 6, 1910 36 27
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 46 days)
Birth of a brotherLester Morris Shemwell
September 4, 1914 (Age 4 years)
Occupation
Farmer

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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/
Census March 10, 1920 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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 17, 1930 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Anna Christine Shemwell
January 31, 1932 (Age 21 years)
Death of a daughterAnna Christine Shemwell
January 31, 1932 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Wanda Larue Shemwell
February 15, 1933 (Age 22 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth “Bessie” Wallace
November 3, 1933 (Age 23 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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
Census April 6, 1950 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 fatherWilliam Santford Shemwell
December 21, 1958 (Age 48 years)
Death of a motherCallie Emaline Morris
July 10, 1964 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 brotherRay Ervin Shemwell Sr.
February 8, 1982 (Age 71 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Ewing Shemwell
February 27, 1983 (Age 72 years)
Religion
Julien Baptist Church
before 1998 (Age 87 years)

Death July 8, 1998 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: East End Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 23, 1900Stewart, Tennessee, United States
19 months
elder sister
20 months
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
William Ewing Shemwell
Birth: April 23, 1907 33 24Kentucky, United States
Death: February 27, 1983Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States
3 years
himself
Delmar Lloyd Shemwell
Birth: March 6, 1910 36 27Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 8, 1998Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
5 years
younger brother
Family with Iva Betrice Sumner - View this family
himself
Delmar Lloyd Shemwell
Birth: March 6, 1910 36 27Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 8, 1998Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
wife
Iva Betrice Sumner
Birth: March 13, 1911 23 19Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 15, 2003Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Anna Christine Shemwell
Birth: January 31, 1932 21 20Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 31, 1932Trigg, Kentucky, United States
13 months
daughter
Wanda Larue Shemwell
Birth: February 15, 1933 22 21Kentucky, United States
Death: October 24, 1999Christian, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Private

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Sanford Shemwell - Household

Trigg, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Shemwell, William SheadMW36M8KYKYKYFarmerGeneral farm
Shemwell, Callie EwifeFW27M844KYKYKY
Shemwell, Ivy MdaughterFW7SKYKYKY
Shemwell, Ray EsonMW6SKYKYKY
Shemwell, William EsonMW3SKYKYKY
Shemwell, Henry JsonMW2mSKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Sanford Shemwell - Household

Long Hollow, Trigg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shemwell, ShermanheadMW46MKYKYKYFarmerGeneral farm
Shemwell, CalliewifeFW37MKYTNTN
Shemwell, MyrtledaughterFW17SKYKYKY
Shemwell, ErvinsonMW15SKYKYKYLabor farmHome farm
Shemwell, EwingsonMW12SKYKYKYLabor farmHome farm
Shemwell, LoydsonMW10SKYKYKY
Shemwell, LestersonMW5SKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Mahala May “Ella” Shemwell - Household

Trigg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shemwell, EllaheadFW66SKYKYKYFarmerGeneral farm
Shemwell, Thomas Aelder brotherMW72SKYKYKYRetiredFarmer
Shemwell, LoydnephewMW20M20KYKYKYFarmerGeneral farm
Shemwell, IvaneiceFW20M20KYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Delmar Lloyd Shemwell - Household

Delmont Road Trigg, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Shemwell, LoydXheadMW29MKYSame PlaceFarm OperatorFarm
Shemwell, IvawifeFW29MKYSame Place
Shemwell, WandadaughterFW7SKYSame Place

Name
Henry J, in the 1910 Census (changed name?) -b