The Shemwell Family

William Ewing ShemwellAge: 75 years19071983

Name
William Ewing Shemwell
Given names
William Ewing
Surname
Shemwell
Birth April 23, 1907 33 24
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Demarious “Bette” Shemwell
November 20, 1907 (Age 6 months)
Birth of a brotherDelmar Lloyd Shemwell
March 6, 1910 (Age 2 years)
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherLester Morris Shemwell
September 4, 1914 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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 12 years)
MarriagePearline AllisonView this family
before 1928 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Anna Joyce Shemwell
April 1, 1929 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 22 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth “Bessie” Wallace
November 3, 1933 (Age 26 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 32 years)
Address: Pigeon Township
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 42 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 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Phillip D Brown
October 4, 1961 (Age 54 years)
Death of a motherCallie Emaline Morris
July 10, 1964 (Age 57 years)
Death of a wifePearline Allison
1967 (Age 59 years)

MarriageMildred BrandonView this family
estimated 1968 (Age 60 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 74 years)
Death February 27, 1983 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tupman 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
himself
William Ewing Shemwell
Birth: April 23, 1907 33 24Kentucky, United States
Death: February 27, 1983Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States
3 years
younger brother
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 Pearline Allison - View this family
himself
William Ewing Shemwell
Birth: April 23, 1907 33 24Kentucky, United States
Death: February 27, 1983Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States
wife
Marriage: before 1928
15 months
daughter
Anna Joyce Shemwell
Birth: April 1, 1929 21 22Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Death: August 23, 2018Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Family with Mildred Brandon - View this family
himself
William Ewing Shemwell
Birth: April 23, 1907 33 24Kentucky, United States
Death: February 27, 1983Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States
wife
Marriage: estimated 1968
James Boullie + Mildred Brandon - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: estimated 1937

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 - William Ewing Shemwell - Household

Riverside Drive Evansville, Vanderburg, Indiana

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shemwell, EwingheadMW22M21KYKYKYWrapperCigar Factory
Shemwell, PearlinewifeFW22M21ILILIL
Shemwell, Joyce AdaughterFW1MINKYIL

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - William Ewing Shemwell - Household

Evansville, Pigeon Township, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA

NameRelationSexRaceAgeBPOccupationIndustry
Ewing ShemwellheadMW33KYMechanicCigar Factory
Pearline ShemwellwifeFW32ID
Joyce ShemwelldaughterFW11ID