The Shemwell Family

Thelma Lorraine CarnealAge: 93 years19152008

Name
Thelma Lorraine Carneal
Given names
Thelma Lorraine
Surname
Carneal
Married name
Thelma Lorraine Wilkins
Married name
Thelma Lorraine Gisbrecht
Birth May 21, 1915 31 28
Birth of a brotherJames Edward Carneal
December 24, 1916 (Age 19 months)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 months)

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 19 months)

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 2 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 sisterDorothy Virginia Carneal
August 11, 1919 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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 3, 1930 (Age 14 years)
MarriageWalter E Lee WilkinsView this family
about 1933 (Age 17 years)

Death of a paternal grandmotherMary J Groves
June 26, 1934 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Bobbie Ann Wilkins
December 21, 1934 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Dorothy Lee Wilkins
November 21, 1936 (Age 21 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherBenjamin Franklin Carneal
September 6, 1937 (Age 22 years)

Death of a brotherRoland Clifton Carneal
August 5, 1938 (Age 23 years)
Cause: Homicide, shot through the chest.
Census April 3, 1940 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 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 son
#3
Douglas W Gisbrecht
October 8, 1954 (Age 39 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1
Jerry Lee Ritchey
October 14, 1963 (Age 48 years)
Death of a grandsonJerry Lee Ritchey
October 16, 1963 (Age 48 years)
Death of a sisterDorothy Virginia Carneal
June 28, 1967 (Age 52 years)
Death of a fatherEldred “Tobie” Carneal
August 7, 1970 (Age 55 years)
Death of a motherViettie Gertrude Welborn
December 20, 1970 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 sisterHazel Norene Carneal
August 26, 1998 (Age 83 years)
Note: Randy Hargrove is daughter Ruth's son -b
Death of a brotherJames Edward Carneal
January 14, 2002 (Age 86 years)
Death of a daughterDorothy Lee Wilkins
December 28, 2002 (Age 87 years)
Death of a husbandWalter E Lee Wilkins
July 12, 2004 (Age 89 years)
Death of a husbandRichard Edward Gisbrecht
May 12, 2007 (Age 91 years)
Death June 16, 2008 (Age 93 years)
Cremationunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 30, 1906
11 months
elder sister
Hazel Norene Carneal
Birth: November 22, 1907 24 20Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 26, 1998Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder brother
Roland Clifton Carneal
Birth: December 3, 1909 26 22Kentucky, United States
Death: August 5, 1938Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
16 months
elder brother
Eldred Carneal
Birth: April 19, 1911 27 24Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 1911Todd, Kentucky, United States
4 years
herself
19 months
younger brother
James Edward Carneal
Birth: December 24, 1916 33 29Nonnell, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 14, 2002Saint Clair Shores, Macomb, Michigan, United States
3 years
younger sister
Dorothy Virginia Carneal
Birth: August 11, 1919 35 32Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 28, 1967Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States
Family with Walter E Lee Wilkins - View this family
husband
Walter E Lee Wilkins
Birth: January 12, 1907Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 12, 2004Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
herself
Marriage: about 1933
2 years
daughter
Bobbie Ann Wilkins
Birth: December 21, 1934 27 19Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 14, 2015Converse, Sabine, Louisiana, United States
23 months
daughter
Dorothy Lee Wilkins
Birth: November 21, 1936 29 21Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 28, 2002Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States
Family with Richard Edward Gisbrecht - View this family
husband
Richard Edward Gisbrecht
Birth: June 19, 1920Johnstown, Cmbria, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: May 12, 2007Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States
herself
daughter
Private
son
Douglas W Gisbrecht
Birth: October 8, 1954 34 39
Death: 2020Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States
daughter
Private

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Eldred “Tobie” Carneal - Household

Central City and Rockport Road Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Carneal, EldredheadMW47M22KYKYKYLaborerCoal Mine
Carneal, Viettie GwifeFW42M18KYKYKY
Carneal, Thelma LdaughterFW14SKYKYKY
Carneal, James EsonMW13SKYKYKY
Carneal, VirginiadaughterFW10SKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Eldred “Tobie” Carneal - Household

Highway 171 Todd, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Carneal, EldredXheadMW56MKYRMuhlenbergKYFarmingFarm
Carneal, ViettiewifeFW54MKYRMuhlenbergKY
Carneal, EddiesonMW23SKYRMuhlenbergKYNew Worker
Wilkins, ThelmadaughterFW24WdKYRMuhlenbergKYNew Worker
Wilkins, Bobbie Anngrand daughterFW5SKY
Wilkins, Dorothy Leegrand daughterFW3SKY