The Shemwell Family

Mildred Kathryn FellersAge: 72 years19131986

Name
Mildred Kathryn Fellers
Given names
Mildred Kathryn
Surname
Fellers
Married name
Mildred Kathryn Shell
Birth December 5, 1913
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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
MarriageJohn Wesley Shell JrView this family
November 7, 1933 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mavis Lucille Shell
March 31, 1935 (Age 21 years)
Census April 12, 1940 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 36 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Teresa Marlene Troutman
April 22, 1960 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 January 22, 1986 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Leon Cemetery
Family with John Wesley Shell Jr - View this family
husband
John Wesley Shell Jr
Birth: July 15, 1914Vermillion, Marshall, Kansas, United States
Death: January 26, 1996Kansas, United States
herself
Marriage: November 7, 1933Nemaha, Kansas, United States
17 months
daughter
Mavis Lucille Shell
Birth: March 31, 1935 20 21Vermillion, Marshall, Kansas, United States
Death: February 15, 2003South Haven, Sumner, Kansas, United States

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Shell Jr - Household

Twin Grove, Greenwood, Kansas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Shell, John JrheadR7MW25MNoKSTool DresserPetroleum Wells44301800
Shell, CatherinexwifeFW26MNoKS
Shell, LucilledaughterFW6SNoKS
Shell, ElainedaughterFW4SNoKS
Shell, John WesleysonMW1SNoKS