The Shemwell Family

Name
Pearl Marie Barnett
Given names
Pearl Marie
Surname
Barnett
Married name
Pearl Marie Smay
Birth February 27, 1913 36 33
Birth of a brotherParis Lowell Barnett
February 25, 1915 (Age 23 months)
Birth of a sisterBlanche Wanita Barnett
November 22, 1916 (Age 3 years)
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/
Birth of a sisterJewell Barnett
1919 (Age 5 years)
Census January 2, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherWalter McMillen Barnett Jr
March 4, 1922 (Age 9 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas William Shamel
June 28, 1923 (Age 10 years)
Address: Near Competition
Birth of a brotherGorman William Barnett
November 23, 1924 (Age 11 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
Death of a brotherHurley N Barnett
April 19, 1931 (Age 18 years)
Cause: Auto Accident - Skull Fracture
Death of a motherMyrtle M Shamel
January 27, 1932 (Age 18 years)
Death of a sisterJewell Barnett
December 12, 1932 (Age 19 years)
Census April 16, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Death of a fatherWalter McMillen Barnett
March 6, 1942 (Age 29 years)
Death of a brotherWalter McMillen Barnett Jr
July 11, 1943 (Age 30 years)
Note: KIA
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 10, 1950 (Age 37 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
Death of a sisterEdith May Barnett
April 5, 1956 (Age 43 years)
Death of a brotherMarvin Thomas Barnett
June 15, 1962 (Age 49 years)
Death of a brotherJames Otis Barnett
September 1974 (Age 61 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 brotherParis Lowell Barnett
May 23, 1989 (Age 76 years)
Death of a husbandJesse Wallace Smay
April 4, 1997 (Age 84 years)
Death of a brotherGorman William Barnett
June 14, 1998 (Age 85 years)
Death of a sisterFaye Marie Barnett
June 3, 1999 (Age 86 years)
Death of a brotherWayne McMillan Barnett
July 12, 2002 (Age 89 years)
Death May 31, 2006 (Age 93 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oaklawn Cemetery
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