The Shemwell Family

Ermon BlakeAge: 85 years19021987

Name
Ermon Blake
Given names
Ermon
Surname
Blake
Married name
Ermon Shemwell
Birth January 11, 1902
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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/
Birth of a daughter
#1
Dorothy Marie Shemwell
January 7, 1922 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Sylvia Laurine Shemwell
August 11, 1924 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Margaret Evelyn Shemwell
October 11, 1927 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Clark Washington Shemwell
February 16, 1929 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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 1, 1930 (Age 28 years)

Birth of a daughter
#5
Martha Helen Shemwell
November 4, 1938 (Age 36 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Lloyd Nelson Bryant
September 27, 1943 (Age 41 years)
Death of a grandsonLloyd Nelson Bryant
October 2, 1943 (Age 41 years)
Cause: Spina Bifida
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Fillis Ann Willis
October 19, 1944 (Age 42 years)
Marriage of a childJames Thomas WillisSylvia Laurine ShemwellView this family
about 1944 (Age 41 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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
Birth of a grandson
#3
Roger Dale Bryant
November 6, 1946 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Carl Thomas Willis
February 20, 1948 (Age 46 years)
Census April 12, 1950 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Nancy S Bryant
April 26, 1952 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Ronald Eugene “Ronnie” Rager
November 24, 1952 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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
#7
Shelia L Rager
May 15, 1957 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Linda Sue Mallory
April 15, 1958 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
Lonnie William Brooks
April 10, 1963 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Danny R Brooks
August 15, 1968 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 daughterMargaret Evelyn Shemwell
July 19, 1978 (Age 76 years)
Death of a husbandHerbert Shemwell
June 9, 1983 (Age 81 years)
Death December 31, 1987 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage:
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husband
herself
daughter
Dorothy Marie Shemwell
Birth: January 7, 1922 28 19Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 24, 2004Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years
daughter
3 years
daughter
Margaret Evelyn Shemwell
Birth: October 11, 1927 34 25Kentucky, United States
Death: July 19, 1978Christian, Kentucky, United States
16 months
son
Clark Washington Shemwell
Birth: February 16, 1929 35 27Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 19, 2021Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private
daughter
Martha Helen Shemwell
Birth: November 4, 1938 45 36Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 30, 2011Todd, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Private

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Herbert Shemwell - Household

Dist. 2 Todd, Kentucky, USA

NameRelationAssetsSexRaceAgeMCAgMEduBPFBPMBPNLYOIN/AEng?OccupationIndustryEmployVetWar
Herbert ShemwellHeadMW35M29KYKYTN
Ermon Blake ShemwellwifeFW27M19KYKYKY
Marie ShemwelldaughterFW8S-KYKYKY
Sidnie L. ShemwelldaughterFW5S-KYKYKY
Margaret Evelyn ShemwelldaughterFW3S-KYKYKY
Clark ShemwellsonMW1S-KYKYKY