The Shemwell Family

Ruth BoniolAge: 89 years19232012

Name
Ruth Boniol
Given names
Ruth
Surname
Boniol
Married name
Ruth Davirro
Birth February 2, 1923 19 26
Birth of a brotherWilliam Bernice Boniol Jr
January 8, 1925 (Age 23 months)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Monroe Selby
August 30, 1926 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Dawson Boniol
February 12, 1927 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Edward Boniol
October 31, 1928 (Age 5 years)
Marriage of a parentUstis M CocoEva Vandever SelbyView this family
calculated 1928 (Age 4 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 6 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 8, 1930 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a half-brotherCurtis Layne Coco
June 25, 1935 (Age 12 years)
Census April 24, 1940 (Age 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Emily Hyder
August 5, 1942 (Age 19 years)
Cause: Bronchial Pneumonia
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 18 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 26 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 fatherWilliam Bernice “Willie” Boniol
August 17, 1967 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 22 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 motherEva Vandever Selby
March 12, 1981 (Age 58 years)
Death of a husbandNicholas Davirro Jr
September 13, 1990 (Age 67 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Bernice Boniol Jr
March 20, 2008 (Age 85 years)
Death July 8, 2012 (Age 89 years)
Cremationunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 9, 1921Rapides, Louisiana, United States
15 months
herself
Ruth Boniol
Birth: February 2, 1923 19 26Louisiana, United States
Death: July 8, 2012Center Point, Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States
23 months
younger brother
William Bernice Boniol Jr
Birth: January 8, 1925 21 28Meeker, Rapides, Louisiana, United States
Death: March 20, 2008Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
2 years
younger brother
John Dawson Boniol
Birth: February 12, 1927 23 30Meeker, Rapides, Louisiana, United States
Death: October 14, 2013Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
21 months
younger brother
James Edward Boniol
Birth: October 31, 1928 25 31Lecompte, Rapides, Louisiana, United States
Death: May 7, 2015Pleasant Hill, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Father’s family with Lelia E Chase - View this family
father
step-mother
half-sister
Private
half-brother
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half-sister
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half-brother
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Mother’s family with Ustis M Coco - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: calculated 1928
8 years
half-brother
Curtis Layne Coco
Birth: June 25, 1935 52 38Mansura, Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States
Death: July 13, 2019Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Family with Nicholas Davirro Jr - View this family
husband
Nicholas Davirro Jr
Birth: January 6, 1922Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States
Death: September 13, 1990Pineville, Rapides, Louisiana, United States
herself
Ruth Boniol
Birth: February 2, 1923 19 26Louisiana, United States
Death: July 8, 2012Center Point, Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States
daughter
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Ruth Boniol has 17 first cousins recorded

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Ustis M Coco - Household

Regard Street Mansura, Avoyelles, Louisiana

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Coco, Ustis MheadMW47M20LALALAAgentCotton Firm
Coco, EvawifeFW33M25TNTNTN
Coco, RuthdaughterFW7SLALATN
Boniol, James EsonMW1-5mSLALATN

Ruth should be Boniol? -b

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - John C Murphy - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Murphy, J CheadMW59MNJSame HouseFarmer
Murphy, AmandawifeFW54MTNSame House
Selby, JacknephewMW9STNSame House
Coco, Evasister in lawFW42WdTNRAvoyellesLA
Coco, RuthneiceFW17SLARAvoyellesLA
Coco, WilliamnephewMW15SLARAvoyellesLA
Coco, JohnnephewMW13SLARAvoyellesLA
Coco, JamesnephewMW11SLARAvoyellesLA
Coco, CurtisnephewMW8SLARAvoyellesLA

Ruth, William, John & James are Boniol -b