The Shemwell Family

Pearl L CockrellAge: 91 years19011993

Name
Pearl L Cockrell
Given names
Pearl L
Surname
Cockrell
Married name
Pearl L Leonard
Married name
Pearl L Britian
Married name
Pearl L Brewer
Birth June 5, 1901 38 27
Birth of a brotherAlfred Cockrell
about 1907 (Age 5 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/
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
MarriageHugh Alexander Leonard JrView this family
December 18, 1933 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Betty Ruth Leonard
January 22, 1935 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Hugh Alexander Leonard III
August 13, 1937 (Age 36 years)
DivorceHugh Alexander Leonard JrView this family
July 28, 1939 (Age 38 years)
Census April 15, 1940 (Age 38 years)
MarriageRobert Solomon BrewerView this family
after 1940 (Age 38 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
Census June 1, 1950 (Age 48 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 sonHugh Alexander Leonard III
October 30, 1971 (Age 70 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 of a husbandRobert Solomon Brewer
April 5, 1979 (Age 77 years)
Death May 26, 1993 (Age 91 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
elder brother
9 years
herself
7 years
younger brother
Family with James Britian - View this family
husband
herself
son
Private
Family with Hugh Alexander Leonard Jr - View this family
ex-husband
Hugh Alexander Leonard Jr
Birth: October 23, 1909 27 16Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: August 28, 1999Payson, Gila, Arizona, United States
herself
Marriage: December 18, 1933Dallas, Texas, United States
Divorce: July 28, 1939Sevier, Arkansas, United States
13 months
daughter
Betty Ruth Leonard
Birth: January 22, 1935 25 33Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: July 25, 2016Florida, United States
3 years
son
Hugh Alexander Leonard III
Birth: August 13, 1937 27 36Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: October 30, 1971Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
Family with Robert Solomon Brewer - View this family
husband
Robert Solomon Brewer
Birth: October 11, 1882Baxter, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 5, 1979Cedar Hill, Dallas, Texas, United States
herself
Marriage: after 1940

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Robert Solomon Brewer - Household

Dallas, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Brewer, Robert SheadMW67MarARCarpenterConstruction
Brewer, PearlwifeFW46MarTXFarm HelperFarm
Leonard, Bettystep daughterFW15NevTX
Leonard, Hughstep sonMW12NevTX