Roxie Blanche ShemwellAge: 94 years1908–2002
- Name
- Roxie Blanche Shemwell
- Given names
- Roxie Blanche
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | April 29, 1908 50 34 |
 Census | April 22, 1910 (Age 23 months) |
 Birth of a brother | Victor Eugene Shemwell September 22, 1911 (Age 3 years) |
 No Children | No Known Biological Children |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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/ |
| Census | January 6, 1920 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a father | George Washington Shemwell November 27, 1925 (Age 17 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 |
| Census | April 25, 1930 (Age 21 years) |
| Census | April 11, 1940 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a brother | Albert Neal Shemwell June 25, 1940 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 17, 1950 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 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 mother | Mary Elizabeth Crowell October 28, 1966 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 sister | Sarah Estella Shemwell April 19, 1977 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy Novella Shemwell March 24, 1986 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a brother | Victor Eugene Shemwell October 23, 1987 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Edwin Shemwell July 6, 1988 (Age 80 years) |
| Death of a sister | Lillian O'Dell Shemwell June 27, 1993 (Age 85 years) |
| Description | auburn hair |
 Death | December 16, 2002 (Age 94 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Clarks River Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
George Washington Shemwell Birth: November 19, 1857 39 29 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: November 27, 1925 — Wingo, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Mary Elizabeth Crowell Birth: January 15, 1874 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 28, 1966 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: September 2, 1896 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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1 year elder sister |
Sarah Estella Shemwell Birth: September 7, 1897 39 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: April 19, 1977 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Nancy Novella Shemwell Birth: September 27, 1899 41 25 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 24, 1986 — Fulton, Fulton, Kentucky, United States |
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16 months elder brother |
Albert Neal Shemwell Birth: February 5, 1901 43 27 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: June 25, 1940 — Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Lillian O'Dell Shemwell Birth: April 5, 1903 45 29 — Symnsonia, Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: June 27, 1993 — Wingo, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
James Edwin Shemwell Birth: December 3, 1905 48 31 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: July 6, 1988 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years herself |
Roxie Blanche Shemwell Birth: April 29, 1908 50 34 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 16, 2002 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Victor Eugene Shemwell Birth: September 22, 1911 53 37 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: October 23, 1987 — Wingo, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Shemwell - Household
Graves, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Shemwell - Household
Lebanon Street Wingo, Graves, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - James Edwin Shemwell - Household
Congo Street Tallmadge, Summit, Ohio
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Mary Elizabeth Shemwell - Household
Adams Street Wingo, Graves, KY - Mary E Shemwell
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Mary Elizabeth Crowell - Household
Lebanon St. Wingo, Graves, Kentucky
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| Note | Blanche is blind, but still lives alone in Wingo, Graves County,
Kentucky, at2/25/96. She never married. She was a telephone operator
and ran a grocery. |