The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth Lee ShamelAge: 99 years19232023

Name
Elizabeth Lee Shamel
Given names
Elizabeth Lee
Surname
Shamel
Married name
Elizabeth Lee Webb
Birth March 6, 1923 39 34
Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas William Shamel
June 28, 1923 (Age 3 months)
Address: Near Competition
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 6 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 24, 1930 (Age 7 years)
Census April 23, 1940 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Dona Lee Webb
November 18, 1944 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 18 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 7, 1950 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 26 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 fatherWilliam “Bill” Shamel
July 24, 1970 (Age 47 years)
Death of a motherBirdie M Hough
August 10, 1973 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 22 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 brotherLowell William Shamel
September 29, 1998 (Age 75 years)
Death of a sisterGlennis Bernice Shamel
March 9, 2016 (Age 93 years)

Death of a husbandCharles Donald Webb
April 5, 2016 (Age 93 years)
Death January 12, 2023 (Age 99 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memory Gardens Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: April 16, 1913Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
19 months
elder sister
16 months
elder brother
Lowell William Shamel
Birth: March 11, 1916 32 27Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: September 29, 1998Stuart, Martin, Florida, United States
7 years
herself
Elizabeth Lee Shamel
Birth: March 6, 1923 39 34Missouri, United States
Death: January 12, 2023Rensselaer, Jasper, Indiana, United States
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husband
Charles Donald Webb
Birth: January 23, 1920Rensselaer, Jasper, Indiana, United States
Death: April 5, 2016Rensselaer, Jasper, Indiana, United States
herself
Elizabeth Lee Shamel
Birth: March 6, 1923 39 34Missouri, United States
Death: January 12, 2023Rensselaer, Jasper, Indiana, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Dona Lee Webb
Birth: November 18, 1944 24 21Rensselaer, Jasper, Indiana, United States
Death: February 14, 2023Indiana, United States
son
Private
son
Private

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Shamel - Household

Franklin, Laclede, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shamel, WilliamheadMW42M32MOKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Shamel, Birdie MwifeFW48M36MOMOMO
Shamel, Glennis BdaughterFW15SMOMOMO
Shamel, Lowell WsonMW14SMOMOMO
Shamel, ElidaughterFW7SMOMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - William Shamel - Household

Roads leading to Competition Franklin, Laclede, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Shamel, WilliamXheadMW58MMOsame houseFarmerFarm
Shamel, BirdiewifeFW51MMO
Shamel, LowellsonMW23SMOFarmerFarm
Shamel, ElizabethdaughterFW17SMO