Verna Belle ShemwellAge: 80 years1889–1970
- Name
- Verna Belle Shemwell
- Given names
- Verna Belle
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | September 12, 1889 30 22 |
 Birth of a brother | Edgar Ellis Shemwell August 22, 1893 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ruth Boyd Shemwell December 26, 1897 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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 brother | Herbert Hobson Shemwell April 2, 1900 (Age 10 years) |
 Census | June 4, 1900 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a brother | Joseph Conrad Shemwell November 19, 1904 (Age 15 years) Cause: Accidental Shooting |
| Death of a father | Lynn Boyd Shemwell December 20, 1906 (Age 17 years) Cause: Stroke/Exposure |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Sarah E Williamson September 10, 1913 (Age 23 years) Cause: Old Age |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 26 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 27 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 28 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 sister | Ruth Boyd Shemwell April 15, 1919 (Age 29 years) |
| Census | January 9, 1920 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 40 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 2, 1930 (Age 40 years) |
| Census | April 23, 1940 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 52 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 7, 1950 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 60 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 mother | Margaret M “Maggie” Reid October 1, 1958 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a brother | Edgar Ellis Shemwell September 24, 1964 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a brother | Herbert Hobson Shemwell December 8, 1966 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a sister | Pernie Lee Shemwell January 1, 1970 (Age 80 years) |
| Burial of a sister | Pernie Lee Shemwell 1970 (Age 80 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Symsonia Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 56 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 | January 8, 1970 (Age 80 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Symsonia Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Lynn Boyd Shemwell Birth: August 6, 1859 34 21 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: December 20, 1906 — Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Margaret M “Maggie” Reid Birth: December 22, 1866 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 1, 1958 |
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Marriage: about 1882 — |
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3 years elder sister |
Pernie Lee Shemwell Birth: September 12, 1884 25 17 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 1, 1970 — Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Joseph Conrad Shemwell Birth: December 8, 1887 28 20 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 19, 1904 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months herself |
Verna Belle Shemwell Birth: September 12, 1889 30 22 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 8, 1970 — Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Edgar Ellis Shemwell Birth: August 22, 1893 34 26 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 24, 1964 |
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4 years younger sister |
Ruth Boyd Shemwell Birth: December 26, 1897 38 31 — Kentucky, United States Death: April 15, 1919 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Herbert Hobson Shemwell Birth: April 2, 1900 40 33 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: December 8, 1966 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
Verna Belle Shemwell has 9 first cousins recorded
Father's family (9)
Parents James Love Shemwell + Rosa Lee “Rosie” Hodges
Parents William Ferel Collie + Ella N Shemwell
Parents George Washington Shemwell + Minnie J Carlile
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Lynn Boyd Shemwell - Household
610 Clements St. Paducah, McCracken, Ky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Maggie M Reid - Household
274 Clements Street Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Margaret M “Maggie” Reid - Household
274 Clements Street Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Margaret M “Maggie” Reid - Household
274 Clements Street Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Margaret M “Maggie” Reid - Household
274 Clements Street Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Margaret M “Maggie” Reid - Household
Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
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