The Shemwell Family

Name
Sylvia Jean Davis
Given names
Sylvia Jean
Surname
Davis
Married name
Sylvia Jean Burkert
Married name
Sylvia Jean Woolard
Birth July 22, 1935 20 18
Birth of a brotherKenneth Aubry “Kenny” Davis
October 23, 1936 (Age 15 months)
Birth of a brotherRobert Lee “Bobby Lee” Davis
January 30, 1940 (Age 4 years)
Census April 13, 1940 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 6 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
Birth of a brotherRichard Dale Davis Sr.
March 15, 1946 (Age 10 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherRobert Allen French
March 21, 1947 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a son
#1
William Eugene “Bill” Burkert
July 13, 1952 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Robert Wayne Burkert
July 26, 1953 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 14 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 paternal grandmotherMabel Nelson
1955 (Age 19 years)
Death of a brotherKenneth Aubry “Kenny” Davis
July 13, 1957 (Age 21 years)
Cause: Auto Accident
Death of a maternal grandmotherSylvia Leona Benton
February 15, 1973 (Age 37 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherRichard William Davis
January 1, 1975 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 10 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 sonWilliam Eugene “Bill” Burkert
June 23, 1976 (Age 40 years)

Death of a husbandFrederick William Burkert
December 4, 1978 (Age 43 years)
Death January 13, 1980 (Age 44 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Joseph Memorial Park
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