The Shemwell Family

Jean Harriet WilliamsAge: 95 years19001996

Name
Jean Harriet Williams
Given names
Jean Harriet
Surname
Williams
Married name
Jean Harriet Mitchell
Birth September 1, 1900
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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/
MarriageEarl Clark MitchellView this family
about 1921 (Age 20 years)
Note: Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Birth of a daughter
#1
Jean Frances Mitchell
December 23, 1924 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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 22, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Death of a husbandEarl Clark Mitchell
September 3, 1936 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Donna Jean Troutman
November 27, 1943 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 49 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 April 24, 1996 (Age 95 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Caldwell City Cemetery
Family with Earl Clark Mitchell - View this family
husband
Earl Clark Mitchell
Birth: August 25, 1889Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States
Death: September 3, 1936Kansas, United States
herself
Jean Harriet Williams
Birth: September 1, 1900Missouri, United States
Death: April 24, 1996Sumner, Kansas, United States
Marriage: about 1921Kansas, United States
4 years
daughter
Jean Frances Mitchell
Birth: December 23, 1924 35 24Caldwell, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: August 31, 2019Caldwell, Sumner, Kansas, United States

No family available

Marriage
Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Earl Clark Mitchell - Household

Caldwell, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Mitchell, EarlheadO2250RNoMW40M31NoYesMOMOMOYesSwitchmanSteam RailwayWYes
Mitchell, JeanwifeFW29M18NoYesMOMOMOYesNone
Mitchell, HelendaughterFW8SYesKSMOMOYesNone
Mitchell, FrancesdaughterFW6SYesKSMOMONone
Mitchell, EarlenedaughterFW3 years 5 monthsSNoKSMOMONone
Mitchell, Bonnie LdaughterFW0 years 10 monthsSNoKSMOMONone