The Shemwell Family

Jewell Morton ShemwellAge: 69 years19071977

Name
Jewell Morton Shemwell
Given names
Jewell Morton
Surname
Shemwell
Also known as
Jewell Bramel
Birth October 28, 1907 27 22
Marriage of parentsJohn Morton “Jack” ShemwellAttie G SpeeceView this family
November 9, 1907 (Age 12 days)
Birth of a half-brotherArvin Owen “Buster” Shemwell
September 24, 1908 (Age 10 months)
Census April 28, 1910 (Age 2 years)
Marriage of a parentEdward E BramelAttie G SpeeceView this family
May 7, 1911 (Age 3 years)
Marriage of a parentJohn Morton “Jack” ShemwellMaude D CareyView this family
Type: Civil marriage
December 18, 1911 (Age 4 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam David Shemwell
August 26, 1913 (Age 5 years)
Address: Confederate Home
Cause: Cancer of the Liver
Death of a maternal grandmotherSallie L Huffman
November 21, 1916 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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/
Death of a paternal grandmotherLucy Elizabeth Platt
March 11, 1929 (Age 21 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn R Speece
1929 (Age 21 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 fatherJohn Morton “Jack” Shemwell
May 12, 1951 (Age 43 years)
Cause: Lukemia
Death of a half-brotherArvin Owen “Buster” Shemwell
November 4, 1951 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 motherAttie G Speece
December 8, 1954 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 February 16, 1977 (Age 69 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 9, 1907Henry, Missouri, United States
himself
Jewell Morton Shemwell
Birth: October 28, 1907 27 22Clinton, Missouri, United States
Death: February 16, 1977Sacramento, California, United States
Father’s family with Ida Jones - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: January 1, 1901Nelson, Saline, Missouri, United States
Divorce: November 1906Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
2 years
half-sister
Father’s family with Maude D Carey - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: December 18, 1911
-3 years
half-brother
Arvin Owen “Buster” Shemwell
Adoption:
Birth: September 24, 1908Clinton, Henry, Missouri, United States
Death: November 4, 1951San Mateo, California, United States
Mother’s family with Edward E Bramel - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: May 7, 1911Clinton, Henry, Missouri, United States
Mother’s family with Private - View this family
step-father
Private
mother

Jewell Morton Shemwell has 12 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - John R Speece - Household

Clinton, Henry, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Speece, John RheadMW49M26ILINILFarmerGeneral Farm
Speece, SalliewifeFW47M2666MOVAMO
Speece, StanleysonMW19SMOILMOLaborerHome Farm
Speece, CupitdaughterFW9SMOILMO
Speece, LawrencesonMW8SMOILMO
Shemwell, AttiedaughterFW25M1211MOILMO
Shemwell, Jewellgrand sonMW2SMOMOMO