The Shemwell Family

Emily Grasse1904

Name
Emily Grasse
Given names
Emily
Surname
Grasse
Married name
Emily Shamel
Birth about 1904
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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 25 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
MarriageJohn Wallace ShamelView this family
before 1940 (Age 36 years)

Census April 12, 1940 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 46 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 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 husbandJohn Wallace Shamel
April 17, 1992 (Age 88 years)
Deathunknown

Family with John Wallace Shamel - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: before 1940
John Wallace Shamel + Annie Muriel Kinkaid - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
step-son
John Wallace Shamel Jr
Birth: June 16, 1918 19 18Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: June 29, 1998
step-daughter
Private

No family available

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Alfred A Grasse - Household

3039 8th Ave Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Grasse. Alfred AheadMW41STXSame house
Grasse. GloriaSisterFW34STXSame house
Grasse. DellaSisterFW42DTXSame house
Betz, FarncisSisterFW39TXSame house
Betz, JackNephewMW19SCASame house
Shamel, John Wbrother in lawMW40MOKSame houseElectrician?? Electrical Shop
Shamel, EmilysisterFW36MTXSame houseSales ladyDept Store