The Shemwell Family

Ethel Vivian CoonsAge: 82 years18931975

Name
Ethel Vivian Coons
Given names
Ethel Vivian
Surname
Coons
Married name
Ethel Vivian Nolan
Married name
Ethel Vivian Carpenter
Birth January 22, 1893 31 24
Birth of a sisterGeorgia Anna Coons
September 2, 1894 (Age 19 months)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Beck “Willie” Coons
February 11, 1898 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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 sisterSusie May Bertha Coons
1903 (Age 9 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Henry Coons
March 10, 1908 (Age 15 years)
MarriageRobert E NolanView this family
July 7, 1909 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Robert George Nolan
November 19, 1910 (Age 17 years)
MarriageWilliam Travis Carpenter Sr.View this family
December 24, 1916 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 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
#2
Virginia Lee Carpenter
November 12, 1917 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 23 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 24 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 maternal grandmotherMary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell
March 31, 1920 (Age 27 years)
Cause: Old Age
Birth of a daughter
#3
Dorothy Sue Carpenter
May 4, 1920 (Age 27 years)
Marriage of a parentFrancis Marion GrandstaffMay Margaret “Maggie” CookView this family
December 31, 1923 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#4
William Travis Carpenter Jr
March 20, 1924 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Thomas J “Tommy” Carpenter
May 28, 1927 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 36 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 son
#6
Jackie Ebert Carpenter
March 26, 1933 (Age 40 years)
Death of a motherMay Margaret “Maggie” Cook
July 4, 1938 (Age 45 years)
Death of a sonWilliam Travis Carpenter Jr
September 7, 1942 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 granddaughter
#1
Becky Joe Carpenter
July 24, 1953 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 56 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 sisterGeorgia Anna Coons
July 1964 (Age 71 years)
Death of a sisterSusie May Bertha Coons
July 8, 1971 (Age 78 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 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 May 2, 1975 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ridge Park Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 10, 1892Jasper, Missouri, United States
4 months
herself
19 months
younger sister
Georgia Anna Coons
Birth: September 2, 1894 32 25Kansas, United States
Death: July 1964Kansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
William Beck “Willie” Coons
Birth: February 11, 1898 36 29Baxter Springs, Cherokee, Kansas, United States
Death: November 17, 1986Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
6 years
younger sister
Susie May Bertha Coons
Birth: 1903 41 34Oklahoma, United States
Death: July 8, 1971Douglas, Oregon, United States
Mother’s family with James Hurt Brown - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: August 29, 1887Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Divorce filed: September 8, 1894
Mother’s family with Francis Marion Grandstaff - View this family
step-father
Francis Marion Grandstaff
Birth: August 1, 1877Sullivan, Missouri, United States
Death: November 20, 1951Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
mother
Marriage: December 31, 1923Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Family with Robert E Nolan - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: July 7, 1909Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
16 months
son
Robert George Nolan
Birth: November 19, 1910 25 17Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, United States
Death: April 21, 1999Oregon, United States
Family with William Travis Carpenter Sr. - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: December 24, 1916Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, United States
11 months
daughter
Virginia Lee Carpenter
Birth: November 12, 1917 27 24Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: February 16, 1996Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
3 years
daughter
Dorothy Sue Carpenter
Birth: May 4, 1920 29 27Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: March 17, 2015Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
4 years
son
William Travis Carpenter Jr
Birth: March 20, 1924 33 31Missouri, United States
Death: September 7, 1942Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
3 years
son
Thomas J “Tommy” Carpenter
Birth: May 28, 1927 37 34Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: November 12, 2016Sylvania, Lucas, Ohio, United States
6 years
son
Jackie Ebert Carpenter
Birth: March 26, 1933 42 40Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: September 30, 2019Duluth, Minnesota, United States

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