Perna ShemwellAge: 86 years1889–1975
- Name
- Perna Shemwell
- Given names
- Perna
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Perna Howard
 Birth | April 6, 1889 27 20 |
 Birth of a brother | Earl Shemwell December 30, 1890 (Age 20 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Byron Shemwell January 24, 1893 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Isaac Shemwell February 4, 1894 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Hoke Adley Shemwell February 1895 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Rollie Theron Shemwell February 6, 1897 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a brother | Hoke Adley Shemwell October 14, 1897 (Age 8 years) Note: died as an infant of 2 years and 8 months. |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Fletcher Reed Hathcock February 8, 1899 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Idella Shemwell June 10, 1899 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Martha Ann “Mattie” Feezor February 27, 1900 (Age 10 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Isaac Reed Shemwell September 29, 1901 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Homer Acton Shemwell October 26, 1904 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas Albin Shemwell July 9, 1906 (Age 17 years) |
| Census | April 19, 1910 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Eunice Lorraine Shemwell March 6, 1911 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Jane Edwards March 30, 1911 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 26 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 27 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 |
 Marriage | Amos Riley Howard — View this family about 1918 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 28 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/ |
| Birth of a son #1 | Herman Lee Howard November 17, 1927 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Barbara Louise Howard August 8, 1929 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 40 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 41 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Helen Marie Howard March 18, 1931 (Age 41 years) |
| Census | April 5, 1940 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a mother | Hettie Louise Hathcock July 28, 1941 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 52 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 father | Thomas Alonzo Shemwell April 15, 1947 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a brother | Byron Shemwell February 21, 1952 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 60 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 sister | Verna Belle Shemwell August 30, 1955 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a husband | Amos Riley Howard August 4, 1969 (Age 80 years) |
| Death of a brother | Earl Shemwell June 10, 1975 (Age 86 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 56 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 | August 28, 1975 (Age 86 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas Alonzo Shemwell Birth: February 6, 1862 43 33 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: April 15, 1947 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Hettie Louise Hathcock Birth: March 28, 1869 24 21 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: July 28, 1941 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: April 22, 1886 — |
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11 months elder sister |
Verna Belle Shemwell Birth: March 15, 1887 25 17 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: August 30, 1955 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years herself |
Perna Shemwell Birth: April 6, 1889 27 20 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: August 28, 1975 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States |
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21 months younger brother |
Earl Shemwell Birth: December 30, 1890 28 21 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: June 10, 1975 — Murray, Calloway, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Byron Shemwell Birth: January 24, 1893 30 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 21, 1952 — Benton, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Hoke Adley Shemwell Birth: February 1895 32 25 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: October 14, 1897 |
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2 years younger brother |
Rollie Theron Shemwell Birth: February 6, 1897 35 27 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: November 8, 1975 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Idella Shemwell Birth: June 10, 1899 37 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1994 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Isaac Reed Shemwell Birth: September 29, 1901 39 32 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: April 29, 1985 — Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Homer Acton Shemwell Birth: October 26, 1904 42 35 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: March 10, 1994 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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20 months younger brother |
Thomas Albin Shemwell Birth: July 9, 1906 44 37 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: February 7, 1996 — Symsonia, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Eunice Lorraine Shemwell Birth: March 6, 1911 49 41 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: July 16, 2000 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Amos Riley Howard |
| husband |
Amos Riley Howard Birth: July 13, 1890 — Illinois, United States Death: August 4, 1969 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States |
| herself |
Perna Shemwell Birth: April 6, 1889 27 20 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: August 28, 1975 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States |
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Marriage: about 1918 — |
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10 years son |
Herman Lee Howard Birth: November 17, 1927 37 38 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States Death: December 28, 1993 — Jackson, Oregon, United States |
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21 months daughter |
Barbara Louise Howard Birth: August 8, 1929 39 40 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States Death: May 15, 2001 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States |
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19 months daughter |
Helen Marie Howard Birth: March 18, 1931 40 41 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States Death: May 9, 2003 — San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States |
Perna Shemwell has 23 first cousins recorded
Father's family (21)
Parents George Washington Shemwell + Mary Elizabeth Crowell
Parents Isaac Newton Shemwell + Nannie Bola Pryor
Parents Isaac Newton Shemwell + Florence Wood Wilkerson
Parents James Paschal Burnett + Susanna Melissa Elizabeth “Susie” Shemwell
Mother's family (2)
Parents James Alfred Hathcock + Josephine B Henderson
1Private–
Parents William Edward Hathcock + Eliza Ellen Crowell
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Alonzo Shemwell - Household
Dist. 8 Graves,Kentucky, USA
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Alonzo Shemwell - Household
Farmington Rd. Graves, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Amos R Howard - Household
San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Amos R Howard - Household
642 Goelting Ave San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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