Wilhelmina Queen “Willie” BourlandAge: 85 years1874–1959
- Name
- Wilhelmina Queen “Willie” Bourland
- Given names
- Wilhelmina Queen
- Surname
- Bourland
- Married name
- Wilhelmina Queen Shemwell
- Nickname
- Willie
 Birth | March 10, 1874 30 27 |
 Death of a father | William Slaton Bourland November 21, 1876 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 3 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Bayless Earle Bourland July 27, 1890 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Nancy L Donakey February 28, 1893 (Age 18 years) |
 Marriage | Judge Robert Lee Shemwell — View this family June 2, 1896 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mary Catherine Shemwell March 14, 1897 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Helen Rebecca Shemwell August 18, 1898 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Ruth Shemwell May 31, 1900 (Age 26 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Ruth Shemwell June 15, 1901 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Adeline Olivia Shemwell May 1902 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Laura Bell Shemwell January 15, 1904 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Laura Bell Shemwell June 20, 1904 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Julia Clark Shemwell March 17, 1905 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Robert Lee Shemwell Jr. December 27, 1906 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Dorothy Eleanor Shemwell August 20, 1908 (Age 34 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #9 | Rev. James Albert Shemwell Sr. November 17, 1910 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #10 | Margaret Wayne Shemwell January 12, 1913 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Margaret Wayne Shemwell January 8, 1914 (Age 39 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 41 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a daughter #11 | Elizabeth Randolph Shemwell April 12, 1918 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 42 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 43 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 husband | Judge Robert Lee Shemwell April 5, 1919 (Age 45 years) |
| Census | January 9, 1920 (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Hayden Morgan — Helen Rebecca Shemwell — View this family 1921 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Mary Rebecca Morgan 1922 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Anderson Ross Horton — Mary Catherine Shemwell — View this family June 16, 1923 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Elizabeth Diuguid November 29, 1923 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a sister | Effie Bernice Bourland 1927 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Mary “Little Mary” Horton May 27, 1928 (Age 54 years) twin: Margaret “Marty” Horton
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| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Margaret “Marty” Horton May 27, 1928 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | John Robert Horton July 18, 1929 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 55 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 16, 1930 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Dixie H Morgan 1931 (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Arthur “Jack” Cotton — Julia Clark Shemwell — View this family Type: Religious marriage after 1930 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Joseph Taylor “Joe” Waggener April 2, 1931 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Donna Lillian Cotton December 18, 1931 (Age 57 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1940 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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 |
| Death of a brother | Edwin Earle Bourland 1946 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 75 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 71 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 | August 9, 1959 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Strow Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Slaton Bourland Birth: October 15, 1843 25 31 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 21, 1876 — Calloway, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Mary Elizabeth Diuguid Birth: January 7, 1847 Death: November 29, 1923 |
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Marriage: 1869 — |
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2 years elder sister |
Effie Bernice Bourland Birth: 1870 26 22 Death: 1927 |
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3 years elder brother |
Edwin Earle Bourland Birth: 1872 28 24 Death: 1946 — Kentucky, United States |
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2 years herself |
Wilhelmina Queen “Willie” Bourland Birth: March 10, 1874 30 27 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 9, 1959 — Fairfax, Virginia, United States |
| Family with Judge Robert Lee Shemwell |
| husband |
Judge Robert Lee Shemwell Birth: March 14, 1865 45 43 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: April 5, 1919 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Wilhelmina Queen “Willie” Bourland Birth: March 10, 1874 30 27 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 9, 1959 — Fairfax, Virginia, United States |
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Marriage: June 2, 1896 — Calloway, Kentucky, United States |
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9 months daughter |
Mary Catherine Shemwell Birth: March 14, 1897 32 23 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: 1968 — Arlington, Virginia, United States |
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17 months daughter |
Helen Rebecca Shemwell Birth: August 18, 1898 33 24 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 28, 1975 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months daughter |
Ruth Shemwell Birth: May 31, 1900 35 26 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: June 15, 1901 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Adeline Olivia Shemwell Birth: May 1902 37 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 22, 1973 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
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21 months daughter |
Laura Bell Shemwell Birth: January 15, 1904 38 29 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: June 20, 1904 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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14 months daughter |
Julia Clark Shemwell Birth: March 17, 1905 40 31 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 26, 1987 — Delray Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, United States |
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21 months son |
Robert Lee Shemwell Jr. Birth: December 27, 1906 41 32 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: February 18, 1963 — Riverdale, Prince George's, Maryland, United States |
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20 months daughter |
Dorothy Eleanor Shemwell Birth: August 20, 1908 43 34 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 27, 2006 — Dixon, Webster, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
Rev. James Albert Shemwell Sr. Birth: November 17, 1910 45 36 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 27, 1994 — Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Margaret Wayne Shemwell Birth: January 12, 1913 47 38 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 8, 1914 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Elizabeth Randolph Shemwell Birth: April 12, 1918 53 44 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: November 17, 2011 — Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States |
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Robert Lee Shemwell - Household
Benton, Marshall, Ky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Robert Lee Shemwell - Household
Maiden Alley Benton, Marshall, Ky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Willie Queen Bourland - Household
Maiden Lane Benton Marshall Ky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Willie Queen Bourland - Household
Maiden Lane Benton, Marshall, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Willie Queen Bourland - Household
Benton, Marshall, Ky
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