The Shemwell Family

James Walter TurnbullAge: 77 years19081985

Name
James Walter Turnbull
Given names
James Walter
Surname
Turnbull
Birth January 24, 1908 29 20
Associate: George Harrison Turnbull
Birth
George Harrison Turnbull
January 24, 1908 29 20
Birth of a brotherGeorge Harrison Turnbull
January 24, 1908
Associate: James Walter Turnbull
Death of a brotherGeorge Harrison Turnbull
September 20, 1910 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterLaura Nell Turnbull
March 12, 1915 (Age 7 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Louise Harrison
September 26, 1916 (Age 8 years)

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/
Death of a paternal grandfatherRobert Turnbull
January 22, 1920 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Washington Shemwell
September 26, 1926 (Age 18 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherLaura Lee Brinkley
October 25, 1927 (Age 19 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
MarriageDorothy Marguerite RollView this family
September 6, 1930 (Age 22 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
Death of a fatherGeorge Harrison Turnbull
June 27, 1947 (Age 39 years)
Death of a motherEthel Alice Shemwell
July 3, 1950 (Age 42 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 sisterLaura Nell Turnbull
July 4, 1967 (Age 59 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 wifeDorothy Marguerite Roll
February 27, 1976 (Age 68 years)
Death July 29, 1985 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Caballero Rivero Palms Woodlawn Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 29, 1906Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
14 months
twin brother
George Harrison Turnbull
Birth: January 24, 1908 29 20Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 20, 1910Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
himself
James Walter Turnbull
Birth: January 24, 1908 29 20Claxton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 29, 1985Homestead, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States
7 years
younger sister
Laura Nell Turnbull
Birth: March 12, 1915 36 27Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 4, 1967Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States
Mother’s family with Private - View this family
step-father
Private
mother
Family with Dorothy Marguerite Roll - View this family
himself
James Walter Turnbull
Birth: January 24, 1908 29 20Claxton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 29, 1985Homestead, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States
wife
Dorothy Marguerite Roll
Birth: June 29, 1912Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States
Death: February 27, 1976Homestead, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States
Marriage: September 6, 1930Parke, Indiana, United States

James Walter Turnbull has 34 first cousins recorded