The Shemwell Family

Iva Betrice SumnerAge: 92 years19112003

Name
Iva Betrice Sumner
Given names
Iva Betrice
Surname
Sumner
Married name
Iva Betrice Shemwell
Birth March 13, 1911 23 19
Birth of a brotherJesse James Sumner
September 3, 1913 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMyra Belle “Oulie” Herndon
January 20, 1915 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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/
Birth of a sisterMargaret Marie Sumner
April 21, 1919 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Anna Christine Shemwell
January 31, 1932 (Age 20 years)
Death of a daughterAnna Christine Shemwell
January 31, 1932 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Wanda Larue Shemwell
February 15, 1933 (Age 21 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Columbus Lum Sumner
July 5, 1934 (Age 23 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 39 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 brotherJesse James Sumner
May 18, 1962 (Age 51 years)
Death of a fatherJulian Clyde Sumner
December 6, 1968 (Age 57 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 motherGarvie Mae Ezell
December 26, 1979 (Age 68 years)

Death of a husbandDelmar Lloyd Shemwell
July 8, 1998 (Age 87 years)
Death of a daughterWanda Larue Shemwell
October 24, 1999 (Age 88 years)
Death December 15, 2003 (Age 92 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: East End Cemetery
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Iva Betrice Sumner
Birth: March 13, 1911 23 19Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 15, 2003Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger brother
Jesse James Sumner
Birth: September 3, 1913 25 21Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 18, 1962Trigg, Kentucky, United States
6 years
younger sister
Margaret Marie Sumner
Birth: April 21, 1919 31 27Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 16, 2004Trigg, Kentucky, United States
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husband
Delmar Lloyd Shemwell
Birth: March 6, 1910 36 27Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 8, 1998Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States
herself
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
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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