The Shemwell Family

Virginia Cornelia “Jennie” Wells1899

Name
Virginia Cornelia “Jennie” Wells
Given names
Virginia Cornelia
Surname
Wells
Nickname
Jennie
Birth January 14, 1899 25 18
Census June 19, 1900 (Age 17 months)
Birth of a brotherJohn Henry Wells
July 6, 1901 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherStandard Darius Wells
November 26, 1903 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterBeulah Mae Wells
January 23, 1905 (Age 6 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Parrish Wells
1905 (Age 5 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherCornelia Webb
1906 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterIradella Opal Wells
August 9, 1907 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherAlexander Constanst Wells
January 16, 1909 (Age 10 years)
Census April 16, 1910 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Leslie Wells
August 7, 1912 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherNorman Boggs Wells
September 17, 1914 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherRobert Sherman Wells
January 19, 1918 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 17 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 18 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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
Death of a motherAnna Belle Shipler
May 10, 1938 (Age 39 years)
Death of a fatherHenry John Wells
July 17, 1945 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 brotherStandard Darius Wells
October 2, 1948 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 50 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 brotherAlexander Constanst Wells
July 3, 1958 (Age 59 years)
Death of a brotherNorman Boggs Wells
July 13, 1963 (Age 64 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Leslie Wells
January 7, 1964 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 46 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 sisterMary Ann Wells
July 29, 1979 (Age 80 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Henry Wells
February 13, 1980 (Age 81 years)
Death of a sisterBeulah Mae Wells
August 24, 1981 (Age 82 years)
Death of a sisterIradella Opal Wells
December 23, 1987 (Age 88 years)
Death of a brotherRobert Sherman Wells
March 8, 2005 (Age 106 years)
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Marriage: August 28, 1895Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
10 months
elder sister
Mary Ann Wells
Birth: June 29, 1896 23 15Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: July 29, 1979Jefferson, Andrew, Missouri, United States
3 years
herself
Virginia Cornelia “Jennie” Wells
Birth: January 14, 1899 25 18Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death:
3 years
younger brother
John Henry Wells
Birth: July 6, 1901 28 20Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: February 13, 1980Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
2 years
younger brother
Standard Darius Wells
Birth: November 26, 1903 30 23Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: October 2, 1948Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
14 months
younger sister
Beulah Mae Wells
Birth: January 23, 1905 31 24Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: August 24, 1981Mundelein, Lake, Illinois, United States
3 years
younger sister
Iradella Opal Wells
Birth: August 9, 1907 34 26Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: December 23, 1987Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
17 months
younger brother
Alexander Constanst Wells
Birth: January 16, 1909 35 28Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: July 3, 1958Cicero, Cook, Illinois, United States
4 years
younger brother
William Leslie Wells
Birth: August 7, 1912 39 31Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: January 7, 1964Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
2 years
younger brother
Norman Boggs Wells
Birth: September 17, 1914 41 34Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: July 13, 1963Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
3 years
younger brother
Robert Sherman Wells
Birth: January 19, 1918 44 37Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: March 8, 2005Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Henry John Wells - Household

Pettis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Wells, HenryheadWMApr187327MMOKYVAfarmer
Wells, AnniewifeWFMay187921M22KSOHKY
Wells, Mary AdaughterWFMay18964SMOMOKS
Wells, JenniedaughterWFJan1891SMOMOKS
Wells, John fatherWMFeb183466MKYKYKY
Wells, CorneliamotherWFMay183565M82VAVAVA

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Henry John Wells - Household

Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Wells, H JheadMW37M14MOMOMOsection foremanrailroad
Wells, AnnawifeFW30M1477KSOHKY
Wells, MarydaughterFW13SMOMOKS
Wells, VirginiadaughterFW11SMOMOKS
Wells, JohnsonMW9SMOMOKS
Wells, DariussonMW8SMOMOKS
Wells, BeulahdaughterFW6SMOMOKS
Wells, OpaldaughterFW2SMOMOKS
Wells, Alexander sonMW3 monthsSMOMOKS