The Shemwell Family

John Wayne BarnettAge: 61 years19011962

Name
John Wayne Barnett
Given names
John Wayne
Surname
Barnett
Married name
John Wayne Barnett
Birth July 16, 1901 21
Marriage of a parentWilliam B “John” SchirmBessie BarnettView this family
December 30, 1908 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a half-sisterNancy Ann Schirm
February 8, 1910 (Age 8 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWilliam “Billy” Schirm
1913 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a half-brotherRobert Frank Schirm
June 22, 1914 (Age 12 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Anderson Barnett
September 26, 1915 (Age 14 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
Death of a half-brotherWilliam “Billy” Schirm
1917 (Age 15 years)
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/
Census February 26, 1920 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a half-sisterDorothy Ruth Schirm
April 26, 1923 (Age 21 years)
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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Marilyn Jean Barnett
1930 (Age 28 years)
Census April 1930 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Barbara Ann Barnett
December 31, 1931 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Marna Lee Barnett
January 3, 1933 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Rose Marie Barnett
1935 (Age 33 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy Ann Harvey
May 1, 1935 (Age 33 years)
Death of a daughterMarilyn Jean Barnett
1938 (Age 36 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Jack A Barnett
June 1, 1945 (Age 43 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
Birth of a daughter
#6
Mary Ellen Barnett
January 26, 1949 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a son
#7
John E Barnett
between 1950 and 1960 (Age 48 years)
Note: John was not listed in the 1950 (or earlier) Census. This suggests he was born after 1950.
Census April 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 daughterRose Marie Barnett
1954 (Age 52 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 November 1, 1962 (Age 61 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
mother
himself
Mother’s family with William B “John” Schirm - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: December 30, 1908Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States
13 months
half-sister
Nancy Ann Schirm
Birth: February 8, 1910 38 29Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: February 23, 1978South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
4 years
half-brother
William “Billy” Schirm
Birth: 1913 41 32Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: 1917Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
18 months
half-brother
9 years
half-sister
Family with Amanda Dora “Mandy” Strang - View this family
himself
wife
daughter
Marilyn Jean Barnett
Birth: 1930 28 20Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Death: 1938Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
2 years
daughter
Barbara Ann Barnett
Birth: December 31, 1931 30 22Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Death: November 21, 2014Florida, United States
1 year
daughter
Marna Lee Barnett
Birth: January 3, 1933 31 23Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Death: June 15, 2007Debary, Volusia, Florida, United States
3 years
daughter
Rose Marie Barnett
Birth: 1935 33 25Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Death: 1954Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
son
Jack A Barnett
Birth: June 1, 1945 43 35Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Death: May 14, 2013Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
4 years
daughter
Mary Ellen Barnett
Birth: January 26, 1949 47 39St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Death: June 1995St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
12 years
son
John E Barnett
Birth: between 1950 and 1960 48 40Indiana, United States
Death: before 1996
daughter
Private

John Wayne Barnett has 20 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - John Anderson Barnett - Household

Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Barnett, John AheadMW72M150INOHKYEnglishAttorneyAt-LawOAYesYesOFH
Barnett, Nancy AwifeFW67M150127INOHINEnglishNoneYesYes
Schirm, Williamson-in-lawMW34M1INGermanyOHEnglishLaborerRail RoadWYesYes
Schirm, BessiedaughterFW29M111INININEnglishNoneYesYes
Schirm, Nancy Agrand-daughterFW0 years 3 monthsSINININ
Barnett, Waynegrand-sonMW7SINININ

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Bessie Barnett - Household

ED 77 Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Schirm, William BheadRMW49MYesYesINGermanGermanyGermanGermanyYesDay LaborWorking OutW
Schirm, BessiewifeFW39MYesYesINININYesNone
Schirm, NancydaughterFW10SYesYesYesINININ
Schirm, RobertsonMW4 years 6 monthsSINININ
Schirm, WaynestepsonMW19SNoYesYesINININYesDay LaborWorking OutW
Barnett, Nancy Amother-in-lawFW77WdYesYesINININYesNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Bessie Barnett - Household

Mishawaka, St Joseph, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Schirm, BessieheadR40FW48D25NoYesINININYesNone
Schirm, RobertsonMW15SNoYesINININYesNone
Schirm, DorothydaughterFW7SYesINININNone
Barnett, JohnsonMW28M27YesYesINININYesChaufferPublic CabWYes
Barnett, Amandadaughter-in-lawFW20M19NoYesININMIYesNone
Strang, SamuelboarderMW81Wd22NoYesINGermanyGermanyYesLaborerFarmWNo