Ruby ShemwellAge: 74 years1894–1968
- Name
- Ruby Shemwell
- Given names
- Ruby
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Ruby Hall
 Birth | February 22, 1894 36 32 |
 Birth of a brother | Rex Shemwell April 14, 1896 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Lovelace Wellington Shemwell March 8, 1897 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ruth Shemwell July 3, 1898 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ruth Shemwell July 28, 1898 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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 |
| Birth of a sister | Jesse Shemwell July 27, 1899 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Elza Shemwell July 1, 1903 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a brother | Elza Shemwell July 30, 1903 (Age 9 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 21 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Marriage | Street Forrest Hall — View this family June 29, 1918 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 22 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 23 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 brother | Lovelace Roscoe Shemwell January 23, 1919 (Age 24 years) Address: Camp McClellan Cause: Died in Flu epidemic of 1919 |
| Census | January 6, 1920 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Martha Virginia Hall January 20, 1920 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mary Beth Hall August 6, 1922 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Margret Elaine Hall February 14, 1925 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 35 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 11, 1930 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a mother | Martha Matilda Donelson March 3, 1931 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Street Forrest Hall Jr. March 23, 1931 (Age 37 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1940 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Benjamin Churchill Leonard — Martha Virginia Hall — View this family May 19, 1940 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a father | William Elza “Bill” Shemwell March 2, 1944 (Age 50 years) Note: Home of Son of Carl on Estes Lane in Paducah, KY. Pa lived with my grandparents, Carl and Maude - Lenore55 |
 Residence | 1944 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Carol Jo Burleson May 26, 1945 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 55 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 daughter | Margret Elaine Hall October 23, 1956 (Age 62 years) Cause: Gun shot wound left temple |
| Death of a brother | Carl McCoy Shemwell July 27, 1966 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a brother | Henry Claude Shemwell February 21, 1967 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a husband | Street Forrest Hall May 26, 1968 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 51 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 | August 13, 1968 (Age 74 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Strow Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Elza “Bill” Shemwell Birth: February 20, 1858 35 33 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: March 2, 1944 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Martha Matilda Donelson Birth: October 14, 1861 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: March 3, 1931 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1883 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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16 months elder brother |
Henry Claude Shemwell Birth: May 7, 1884 26 22 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 21, 1967 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Lovelace Roscoe Shemwell Birth: July 31, 1886 28 24 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 23, 1919 — Calhoun, Alabama, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Willie N Shemwell Birth: August 5, 1888 30 26 Death: October 29, 1889 |
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2 years elder brother |
Carl McCoy Shemwell Birth: November 27, 1890 32 29 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: July 27, 1966 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years herself |
Ruby Shemwell Birth: February 22, 1894 36 32 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: August 13, 1968 — Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Rex Shemwell Birth: April 14, 1896 38 34 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: August 26, 1973 — Nokomis, Sarasota, Florida, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Ruth Shemwell Birth: July 3, 1898 40 36 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: July 28, 1898 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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13 months younger sister |
Jesse Shemwell Birth: July 27, 1899 41 37 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: September 8, 1989 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Elza Shemwell Birth: July 1, 1903 45 41 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: July 30, 1903 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Street Forrest Hall |
| husband |
Street Forrest Hall Birth: July 11, 1883 42 35 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: May 26, 1968 — Warren, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Ruby Shemwell Birth: February 22, 1894 36 32 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: August 13, 1968 — Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: June 29, 1918 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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19 months daughter |
Martha Virginia Hall Birth: January 20, 1920 36 25 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: May 29, 2014 — Longview, Gregg, Texas, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Mary Beth Hall Birth: August 6, 1922 39 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 21, 2013 — Russellville, Franklin, Alabama, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Margret Elaine Hall Birth: February 14, 1925 41 30 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: October 23, 1956 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years son |
Street Forrest Hall Jr. Birth: March 23, 1931 47 37 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: October 25, 1995 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
Ruby Shemwell has 5 first cousins recorded
Father's family (5)
Parents Milous Green Shemwell + Emma Holmes
Parents Milous Green Shemwell + Mordecia “Decia” Thompson
Parents Charles Lee “Charlie” Shemwell + Alice Starks
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Elza Shemwell - Household
Oak Level, Marshall Ky.
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Elza Shemwell - Household
Dist. 4 Marshall Ky.
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Street Forrest Hall - Household
Bearden Street Benton, Marshall, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Street Forrest Hall - Household
Marshall, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Street Forrest Hall - Household
Benton, Marshall, Kentucky
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