The Shemwell Family

Cecil Elizabeth SmithAge: 59 years19011960

Name
Cecil Elizabeth Smith
Given names
Cecil Elizabeth
Surname
Smith
Birth May 7, 1901 61 37
Death of a half-brotherThomas Hezekiah Smith
December 12, 1907 (Age 6 years)
Census May 9, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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 fatherJosiah S Smith
January 6, 1920 (Age 18 years)
Death of a half-brotherAlvarado Raidde Smith
February 9, 1928 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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
Death of a half-brotherWilliam Wesley Smith
May 14, 1942 (Age 41 years)
Death of a half-sisterAlice Martha Smith
January 6, 1945 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 of a half-brotherJoseph Albert Smith
January 19, 1946 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 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 brotherReuben Elmer Smith
July 28, 1955 (Age 54 years)
Death of a sisterMyrtle Edith Smith
February 9, 1957 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 December 11, 1960 (Age 59 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Magnolia Memorial Park
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father
mother
Marriage: August 19, 1881Greene, Illinois, United States
4 years
elder sister
Mary Florence Smith
Birth: May 1, 1885 45 21Roodhouse, Greene, Illinois, United States
Death: October 22, 1965Orange, California, United States
4 years
elder brother
Reuben Elmer Smith
Birth: February 25, 1889 49 25Lamar, Barton, Missouri, United States
Death: July 28, 1955Orange, California, United States
7 years
elder sister
Myrtle Edith Smith
Birth: November 1, 1895 56 32Lamar, Barton, Missouri, United States
Death: February 9, 1957Stanislaus, California, United States
14 months
elder brother
Lewis Harvey Smith
Birth: December 30, 1896 57 33Lamar, Barton, Missouri, United States
Death: May 20, 1965Los Angeles, California, United States
4 years
herself
Cecil Elizabeth Smith
Birth: May 7, 1901 61 37Kansas, United States
Death: December 11, 1960Los Angeles, California, United States
Father’s family with Mary Jane Wyatt - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: January 12, 1865Greene, Illinois, United States
21 months
half-sister
Alice Martha Smith
Birth: October 17, 1866 27 19Clay City, Clay, Illinois, United States
Death: January 6, 1945Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States
3 years
half-brother
Alvarado Raidde Smith
Birth: August 20, 1869 29 22White Hall, Greene, Illinois, United States
Death: February 9, 1928Mindenmines, Barton, Missouri, United States
2 years
half-brother
21 months
half-brother
Thomas Hezekiah Smith
Birth: September 1873 33 26Roodhouse, Greene, Illinois, United States
Death: December 12, 1907Mindenmines, Barton, Missouri, United States
3 years
half-brother
Joseph Albert Smith
Birth: September 29, 1876 36 29Greenfield, Greene, Illinois, United States
Death: January 19, 1946Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas, United States

Cecil Elizabeth Smith has 28 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Josiah S Smith - Household

ED 112 Washington, Crawford, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Smith, JosiahheadMW71M230ILILILEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmOANo0YesYesRF
Smith, VirginiawifeFW44M13076ILILILEnglishNoneYesYes
Smith, HarveysonMW13SMOILILEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Smith, CecildaughterFW9SKSILILYes