The Shemwell Family

Lulu Olivia BlackAge: 66 years18761942

Name
Lulu Olivia Black
Given names
Lulu Olivia
Surname
Black
Married name
Lulu Olivia Green
Married name
Lulu Olivia Shemwell
Birth March 10, 1876
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 21 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageEdward Earl GreenView this family
June 10, 1891 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Robert Elmer Green
August 23, 1897 (Age 21 years)
Address: Near Arrow Rock
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Death of a husbandEdward Earl Green
November 24, 1910 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 39 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 40 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 41 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/
MarriageWilliam Standard ShemwellView this family
1926 (Age 49 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 53 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 2, 1930 (Age 54 years)
Address: First Ward Saline Township
Census May 15, 1940 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 65 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 July 17, 1942 (Age 66 years)
Cause of death: Heart Failure due to Hypertension and Asthma
Burial July 19, 1942 (2 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arrow Rock Cemetery
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mother
Marriage:
herself
Family with Edward Earl Green - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: June 10, 1891Saline, Missouri, United States
son
son
son
son
Robert Elmer Green
Birth: August 23, 1897 36 21Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: September 7, 1989Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas, United States
Family with William Standard Shemwell - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: 1926
William Standard Shemwell + Penelope Thompson “Nellie” Bingham - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: November 5, 1890Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
1 year
step-son
Ralph Bingham Shemwell
Birth: October 22, 1891 23 23Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: February 4, 1913Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
3 years
step-daughter
4 years
step-son
William Ray Shemwell
Birth: December 2, 1897 29 29Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: March 26, 1967Saline, Missouri, United States
2 years
step-son
Charles McClellan “Charlie” Shemwell
Birth: February 22, 1900 31 31Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: February 3, 1976Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
2 years
step-son
4 years
step-daughter
Rachel Kibler Shemwell
Birth: August 29, 1906 37 38Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: May 21, 1997Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Standard Shemwell - Household

Eldon, Miller, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Standard W ShemwellheadMW61M22MOKYMOCarpenter
Lulu OwifeFW54M19MOWVKY
Charles sonMW30M22MOMOMOCarpenter-Dam Construction
Vinita daughter in lawFW23M17MOMOMO
Hubert grandsonMW5-6mSMOMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - William Standard Shemwell - Household

Blackwater, Cooper, MO

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Shemwell, William SheadMW72MMOSame HouseCarpenterBuilding Houses
Shemwell, Lulu OwifeFW64MMOSame House
Shemwell, Ray WsonMW42DMOSame HouseClerkHotel

Probably working with cousin Charles Building Houses