The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	March 22, 1916
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 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 9 months) 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 21 months) 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/
Historical Event	The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 13 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
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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	October 29, 1945 (Age 29 years)
Burial	Elmwood Cemetery, Lindsborg, McPherson, Kansas, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elmwood Cemetery

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Family with Dorothy Doreen Tolle - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Dorothy Doreen Tolle Warren C Peterson Birth: March 22, 1916 Death: October 29, 1945
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Herman Allen Jacobson Family with spouse Warren C Peterson Dorothy Doreen Tolle Birth: November 18, 1921 24 20 — Kansas, United States Death: October 26, 1991 — McPherson, Kansas, United States
daughter	Private

Herman Allen Jacobson + Dorothy Doreen Tolle - View this family

wife’s husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Dorothy Doreen Tolle Herman Allen Jacobson Birth: May 21, 1930 — Ulen, Clay, Minnesota, United States Death: March 24, 2004 — McPherson, Kansas, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Herman Allen Jacobson Family with spouse Warren C Peterson Dorothy Doreen Tolle Birth: November 18, 1921 24 20 — Kansas, United States Death: October 26, 1991 — McPherson, Kansas, United States
step-son	Private
step-daughter	Private

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Family with Dorothy Doreen Tolle
himself Parents (unknown)	Warren C Peterson 1916–1945
wife Parents Edward Bufford Tolle Mary Olive Burch	Dorothy Doreen Tolle 1921–1991
daughter Family (none)	Private
Herman Allen Jacobson + Dorothy Doreen Tolle
wife’s husband Parents (unknown)	Herman Allen Jacobson 1930–2004
wife Parents Edward Bufford Tolle Mary Olive Burch	Dorothy Doreen Tolle 1921–1991
step-son Family (none)	Private
step-daughter Family (none)	Private