The Shemwell Family

Robert Lee Shemwell Jr.Age: 56 years19061963

Name
Robert Lee Shemwell Jr.
Given names
Robert Lee
Surname
Shemwell
Name suffix
Jr.
Birth December 27, 1906 41 32
Birth of a sisterDorothy Eleanor Shemwell
August 20, 1908 (Age 19 months)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherRev. James Albert Shemwell Sr.
November 17, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterMargaret Wayne Shemwell
January 12, 1913 (Age 6 years)
Death of a sisterMargaret Wayne Shemwell
January 8, 1914 (Age 7 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a sisterElizabeth Randolph Shemwell
April 12, 1918 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 10 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 11 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 fatherJudge Robert Lee Shemwell
April 5, 1919 (Age 12 years)
Census January 9, 1920 (Age 13 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Elizabeth Diuguid
November 29, 1923 (Age 16 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 1, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 33 years)
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
Census April 29, 1950 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 motherWilhelmina Queen “Willie” Bourland
August 9, 1959 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 18, 1963 (Age 56 years)
Burial February 22, 1963 (4 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fort Lincoln Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: June 2, 1896Calloway, Kentucky, United States
9 months
elder sister
17 months
elder sister
Helen Rebecca Shemwell
Birth: August 18, 1898 33 24Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 28, 1975Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
21 months
elder sister
Ruth Shemwell
Birth: May 31, 1900 35 26Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 15, 1901Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder sister
Adeline Olivia Shemwell
Birth: May 1902 37 28Kentucky, United States
Death: February 22, 1973Washington, District of Columbia, United States
21 months
elder sister
Laura Bell Shemwell
Birth: January 15, 1904 38 29Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 20, 1904Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
14 months
elder sister
Julia Clark Shemwell
Birth: March 17, 1905 40 31Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 26, 1987Delray Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, United States
21 months
himself
Robert Lee Shemwell Jr.
Birth: December 27, 1906 41 32Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 18, 1963Riverdale, Prince George's, Maryland, United States
20 months
younger sister
Dorothy Eleanor Shemwell
Birth: August 20, 1908 43 34Kentucky, United States
Death: December 27, 2006Dixon, Webster, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger brother
Rev. James Albert Shemwell Sr.
Birth: November 17, 1910 45 36Kentucky, United States
Death: August 27, 1994Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Margaret Wayne Shemwell
Birth: January 12, 1913 47 38Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 8, 1914Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
5 years
younger sister
Elizabeth Randolph Shemwell
Birth: April 12, 1918 53 44Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 17, 2011Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States
Family with Zella Gray Bacon - View this family
himself
Robert Lee Shemwell Jr.
Birth: December 27, 1906 41 32Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 18, 1963Riverdale, Prince George's, Maryland, United States
wife
Zella Gray Bacon
Birth: September 20, 1906 42 32Tennessee, United States
Death: March 2, 2002Prince George's, Maryland, United States
daughter
Private

Robert Lee Shemwell Jr. has 24 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Robert Lee Shemwell - Household

Maiden Alley Benton, Marshall, Ky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYOIN/AEngLOccupationIndustryEmployEmNWksUEduHomeVetInfirm
Robt L ShemwellheadMW45M13--KYNCTNLawyerGeneral Practice
Willie Q ShemwellwifeFW36M1386KYKYKY
Mary C ShemwelldaughterFW13S---KYKYKY
Helen R ShemwelldaughterFW11S---KYKYKY
Adeline ShemwelldaughterFW8S---KYKYKY
Julia ShemwelldaughterFW4S---KYKYKY
Robt L ShemwellsonMW3S---KYKYKY
Dorothy ShemwelldaughterFW9mS---KYKYKY

Notes: Census says 8 chlidren born 6 living

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Willie Queen Bourland - Household

Maiden Lane Benton Marshall Ky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shemwell, WillieheadFW45WKYKYKY
Shemwell, MarydaughterFW22SKYKYKYClerical Worker? Washington ?
Shemwell, HelendaughterFW20SKYKYKYClerical WorkerWashington DC ?
Shemwell, AdelinedaughterFW19SKYKYKY
Shemwell, JuliadaughterFW15SKYKYKY
Shemwell, RobertsonMW13SKYKYKY
Shemwell, DorothydaughterFW11SKYKYKY
Shemwell, AlbertsonMW9SKYKYKY
Shemwell, ElizabethdaughterFW1SKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - John Anderson Horton - Household

Washington DC

NameRelationAssetsSexRaceAgeMCAgMEduBPFBPMBPNLYOIN/AEng?OccupationIndustryEmployVetWar
John A HortonheadMW33M26DCILPAClericalRailroad
Mary S HortonwifeFW33M26KYKYKY
Mary HortondaughterFW1-8mS-DCDCKY
Margaret HortondaughterFW1-8mS-DCDCKY
John R HortonsonMW8mS-DCDCKY
Robert L Shemwellbrother in lawMW23S-KYKYKYPressmanPrint Shop
Julia C Shemwellsister in lawFW25S-KYKYKYClericalUS Govt.
Zella G BaconboarderFW23S-TNTNTNTypistUS Govt.

Notes: Tunlaw Rd.