The Shemwell Family

Virginia Fay NorrisAge: 89 years19051995

Name
Virginia Fay Norris
Given names
Virginia Fay
Surname
Norris
Married name
Virginia Fay Stewart
Birth July 30, 1905
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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/
MarriageHarry Lee StewartView this family
April 11, 1925 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Virginia Lavern Stewart
October 18, 1926 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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 11, 1940 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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
Marriage of a childFrank Joseph Stodden JrVirginia Lavern StewartView this family
August 2, 1951 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 44 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 husbandHarry Lee Stewart
December 9, 1961 (Age 56 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 March 17, 1995 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Competition Cemetery
Family with Harry Lee Stewart - View this family
husband
Harry Lee Stewart
Birth: August 23, 1903 32 24Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: December 9, 1961Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
herself
Virginia Fay Norris
Birth: July 30, 1905Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: March 17, 1995Lafayette, Boulder, Colorado, United States
Marriage: April 11, 1925Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
18 months
daughter
Virginia Lavern Stewart
Birth: October 18, 1926 23 21Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: November 16, 2008Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Harry Lee Stewart - Household

St. John Ave Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Stewart, Harry LheadMW36MMOSt. LouisMOLaborerFeed Mill
Stewart, Virginia FXwifeFW34MMOSt. LouisMOPower Machine OperatorLuggage Mfg.
Stewart, Virginia LdaughterFW13SMOSt. LouisMO