The Shemwell Family

Marjorie Mae McKissickAge: 84 years19131997

Name
Marjorie Mae McKissick
Given names
Marjorie Mae
Surname
McKissick
Married name
Marjorie Mae Dashiell
Married name
Marjorie Mae Brawley
Birth September 11, 1913 34 30
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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/
Census January 6, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Melissa Troutman
February 7, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 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 10, 1930 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherBenjamin Franklin Rouch
August 27, 1930 (Age 16 years)

Census April 17, 1940 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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
Census April 5, 1950 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 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
MarriageDouglas Daniel BrawleyView this family
1959 (Age 45 years)

Note: Marriage date found on findagrave site and provided by descendants of Douglas
Death of a fatherOrval Thomas McKissick
October 27, 1962 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 husbandDouglas Daniel Brawley
December 29, 1976 (Age 63 years)
Death of a motherAnna Mae Rouch
December 13, 1980 (Age 67 years)
Death of a husbandHarry Douglas Dashiell
January 14, 1996 (Age 82 years)
Cremation of a husbandHarry Douglas Dashiell
January 1996 (Age 82 years)
Death December 29, 1997 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairlawn Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Orval Thomas McKissick
Birth: March 11, 1879 34 25Gallatin, Clay, Missouri, United States
Death: October 27, 1962Oklahoma, United States
mother
Anna Mae Rouch
Birth: August 9, 1883 27 25Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: December 13, 1980Oklahoma City, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: January 7, 1908Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
elder brother
Orval Thomas McKissick Jr
Birth: March 1, 1911 31 27Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 3, 1911Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
herself
Marjorie Mae McKissick
Birth: September 11, 1913 34 30Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 29, 1997Odessa, Ector, Texas, United States
Family with Harry Douglas Dashiell - View this family
husband
Harry Douglas Dashiell
Birth: May 12, 1911 36 28Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 14, 1996Riverside, California, United States
herself
Marjorie Mae McKissick
Birth: September 11, 1913 34 30Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 29, 1997Odessa, Ector, Texas, United States
son
Private
son
Private
Family with Douglas Daniel Brawley - View this family
husband
Douglas Daniel Brawley
Birth: February 14, 1911 33 36Mooresville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 29, 1976Big Spring, Howard, Texas, United States
herself
Marjorie Mae McKissick
Birth: September 11, 1913 34 30Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 29, 1997Odessa, Ector, Texas, United States
Marriage: 1959

Marjorie Mae McKissick has 19 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Orval Thomas McKissick - Household

Ed 128 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
McKissick, O TheadOFMW40MYesYesMOMOMOYesFueling LaborerOil Drilling SupplyW
McKissick, MaywifeFW36MYesYesILININYesNone
McKissick, MarrydaughterFW6SYesYesYesOKMOILYes
McKissick, E KbrotherMW36SYesYesMOMOMOYesSecretaryMotor CoW

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Orval Thomas McKissick - Household

ED 66 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
McKissick, Orval TheadO5000RNoMW51M30NoYesMOMOMOYesCommerical SalesPump CoWYesNo
McKissick, Anna MwifeFW46M24NoYesILININYesNone
McKissick, Marjorie MdaughterFW16S23YesYesOKMOILYesNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Harry Douglas Dashiell - Household

San Gabriel, Alhambra, California, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Dashiell, HarryheadR20MW28MNoOKSheet Metal WorkerSheet Metal RetailPW26500
Dashiell, MarjoriewifeFW26MNoOKClerkDrugsPW34700

Marriage
Marriage date found on findagrave site and provided by descendants of Douglas