The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth “Lizzie” KemmerAge: 76 years19001976

Name
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Kemmer
Given names
Elizabeth
Surname
Kemmer
Nickname
Lizzie
Married name
Elizabeth Dannel
Birth January 5, 1900 31 28
Census June 27, 1900 (Age 5 months)
Birth of a sisterJennie O Kemmer
July 10, 1902 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Lowe “Lizzie” Crook
November 3, 1904 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Litton Kemmer Sr.
April 5, 1905 (Age 5 years)
Death of a brotherRanie Clyde Kemmer
July 21, 1907 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterAva Lee Kemmer
May 21, 1909 (Age 9 years)
Census April 30, 1910 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterCleo Kemmer
December 25, 1911 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Emmett Kemmer Jr
December 7, 1914 (Age 14 years)
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/
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Johnson Parham
June 7, 1919 (Age 19 years)
Census January 10, 1920 (Age 20 years)
MarriageJesse Floyd DannelView this family
December 23, 1923 (Age 23 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Elizabeth Ford
March 17, 1927 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Jo Lee Dannel
August 15, 1927 (Age 27 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 May 2, 1930 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary Sue Dannel
December 25, 1931 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Billy Bob Dannel
August 1, 1938 (Age 38 years)
Census May 4, 1940 (Age 40 years)
Death of a motherEva Lesta Parham
July 25, 1944 (Age 44 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
Census April 19, 1950 (Age 50 years)
Marriage of a childDavid Dean CadleJo Lee DannelView this family
May 28, 1952 (Age 52 years)
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
Death of a fatherRobert E Kemmer
December 17, 1954 (Age 54 years)
Death of a brotherCharles Oscar Kemmer
July 23, 1975 (Age 75 years)
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 of a sisterJennie O Kemmer
February 15, 1976 (Age 76 years)
Death September 6, 1976 (Age 76 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Sulphur Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1892
2 years
elder brother
Ranie Clyde Kemmer
Birth: December 22, 1893 25 22Tennessee, United States
Death: July 21, 1907Tennessee, United States
9 months
elder brother
Charles Oscar Kemmer
Birth: September 29, 1894 26 23Tennessee, United States
Death: July 23, 1975Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
23 months
elder sister
3 years
herself
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Kemmer
Birth: January 5, 1900 31 28Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 6, 1976Rhea, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Jennie O Kemmer
Birth: July 10, 1902 34 31Tennessee, United States
Death: February 15, 1976Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
John Litton Kemmer Sr.
Birth: April 5, 1905 36 34Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 20, 2004Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger sister
Ava Lee Kemmer
Birth: May 21, 1909 41 38Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 6, 2007
3 years
younger sister
Cleo Kemmer
Birth: December 25, 1911 43 40Tennessee, United States
Death: December 16, 2011Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Robert Emmett Kemmer Jr
Birth: December 7, 1914 46 43Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 20, 2014Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Family with Jesse Floyd Dannel - View this family
husband
herself
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Kemmer
Birth: January 5, 1900 31 28Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 6, 1976Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: December 23, 1923Rhea, Tennessee, United States
4 years
daughter
Jo Lee Dannel
Birth: August 15, 1927 41 27Grandview, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 13, 2005Tennessee, United States
4 years
daughter
Mary Sue Dannel
Birth: December 25, 1931 45 31Grandview, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 14, 2009Tennessee, United States
7 years
son
Billy Bob Dannel
Birth: August 1, 1938 52 38Grandview, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 7, 2010Rhea, Tennessee, United States

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Kemmer has 22 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Robert E Kemmer - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Kemmer, Robert EheadWMApr186835M8TNTNTNFarmer
Kemmer, Eva LwifeWFMar187128M844TNTNTN
Kemmer, Clyde RsonWMDec18936STNTNTNAt School
Kemmer, Oscar CsonWMAug18945STNTNTN
Kemmer, Mary OdaughterWFAug18962STNTNTN
Kemmer, LizziedaughterWFFeb19003mSTNTNTN

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Robert E Kemmer - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Kemmer, Robert EheadMW43M18TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Kemmer, EvawifeFW39M1876TNTNTN
Kemmer, OscarsonMW14STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome Farm
Kemmer, MarydaughterFW12STNTNTN
Kemmer, LizziedaughterFW10STNTNTN
Kemmer, JenniedaughterFW8STNTNTN
Kemmer, LittonsonMW4STNTNTN
Kemmer, Ava LeedaughterFW11mSTNTNTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Robert E Kemmer - Household

Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Kemmer, RobertheadMW54MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Kemmer, EvawifeFW47MTNTNTN
Kemmer, OscarsonMW24STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome Farm
Kemmer, ElizabethdaughterFW20STNTNTN
Kemmer, JenniedaughterFW16STNTNTN
Kemmer, LittonsonMW14STNTNTN
Kemmer, Ava LeedaughterFW11STNTNTN
Kemmer, CleodaughterFW7STNTNTN
Kemmer, RobertsonMW5STNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Jesse Floyd Dannel - Household

Grandview and White's Creek Road Rhea, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Dannel, Jesse FheadMW41M36TNTNTNUS Mail CarrierRural Route
Dannel, Elizabeth KwifeFW30M25TNTNTN
Dannel, NettiedaughterFW4STNTNTN
Dannel, William HfatherMW74M17TNTNTN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Jesse Floyd Dannel - Household

Rhea, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Dannel, J FheadMW54MTNSame houseRural Mail CarrierU S
Dannel, ElizabethwifeFW40MTNSame house
Dannel, Jo LeedaughterFW12STNSame house
Dannel, Mary SuedaughterFW8STNSame house
Dannel, Billy BpbsonMW2STN

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Jesse Floyd Dannel - Household

Going north on Highway 68 Rhea, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Dannel, Jesse FheadMW63MarTNRural Mail CarrierMail Carrier
Dannel, ElizabethwifeFW50MarTN
Dannel, Billy BsonMW11NevTN