The Shemwell Family

Jennie O KemmerAge: 73 years19021976

Name
Jennie O Kemmer
Given names
Jennie O
Surname
Kemmer
Married name
Jennie O Ray
Birth July 10, 1902 34 31
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Lowe “Lizzie” Crook
November 3, 1904 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Litton Kemmer Sr.
April 5, 1905 (Age 2 years)
Death of a brotherRanie Clyde Kemmer
July 21, 1907 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterAva Lee Kemmer
May 21, 1909 (Age 6 years)
Census April 30, 1910 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterCleo Kemmer
December 25, 1911 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Emmett Kemmer Jr
December 7, 1914 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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 grandfatherWilliam Johnson Parham
June 7, 1919 (Age 16 years)
Census January 10, 1920 (Age 17 years)
MarriageErnest Clayton RayView this family
March 24, 1923 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
William Estus Ray
November 26, 1923 (Age 21 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Elizabeth Ford
March 17, 1927 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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 7, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Death of a motherEva Lesta Parham
July 25, 1944 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 sonWilliam Estus Ray
June 23, 1946 (Age 43 years)
Census April 6, 1950 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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 fatherRobert E Kemmer
December 17, 1954 (Age 52 years)
Death of a husbandErnest Clayton Ray
May 4, 1974 (Age 71 years)
Death of a brotherCharles Oscar Kemmer
July 23, 1975 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 February 15, 1976 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Grassy Cove Methodist Church Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1892
2 years
elder brother
Ranie Clyde Kemmer
Birth: December 22, 1893 25 22Tennessee, United States
Death: July 21, 1907Tennessee, United States
9 months
elder brother
Charles Oscar Kemmer
Birth: September 29, 1894 26 23Tennessee, United States
Death: July 23, 1975Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
23 months
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
Elizabeth “Lizzie” Kemmer
Birth: January 5, 1900 31 28Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 6, 1976Rhea, Tennessee, United States
3 years
herself
Jennie O Kemmer
Birth: July 10, 1902 34 31Tennessee, United States
Death: February 15, 1976Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
John Litton Kemmer Sr.
Birth: April 5, 1905 36 34Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 20, 2004Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger sister
Ava Lee Kemmer
Birth: May 21, 1909 41 38Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 6, 2007
3 years
younger sister
Cleo Kemmer
Birth: December 25, 1911 43 40Tennessee, United States
Death: December 16, 2011Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Robert Emmett Kemmer Jr
Birth: December 7, 1914 46 43Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 20, 2014Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Family with Ernest Clayton Ray - View this family
husband
Ernest Clayton Ray
Birth: July 16, 1902Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 4, 1974Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
herself
Jennie O Kemmer
Birth: July 10, 1902 34 31Tennessee, United States
Death: February 15, 1976Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: March 24, 1923Rhea, Tennessee, United States
8 months
son
William Estus Ray
Birth: November 26, 1923 21 21Tennessee, United States
Death: June 23, 1946Cumberland, Tennessee, United States

Jennie O Kemmer has 22 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Robert E Kemmer - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Kemmer, Robert EheadMW43M18TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Kemmer, EvawifeFW39M1876TNTNTN
Kemmer, OscarsonMW14STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome Farm
Kemmer, MarydaughterFW12STNTNTN
Kemmer, LizziedaughterFW10STNTNTN
Kemmer, JenniedaughterFW8STNTNTN
Kemmer, LittonsonMW4STNTNTN
Kemmer, Ava LeedaughterFW11mSTNTNTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Robert E Kemmer - Household

Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Kemmer, RobertheadMW54MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Kemmer, EvawifeFW47MTNTNTN
Kemmer, OscarsonMW24STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome Farm
Kemmer, ElizabethdaughterFW20STNTNTN
Kemmer, JenniedaughterFW16STNTNTN
Kemmer, LittonsonMW14STNTNTN
Kemmer, Ava LeedaughterFW11STNTNTN
Kemmer, CleodaughterFW7STNTNTN
Kemmer, RobertsonMW5STNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Robert E Kemmer - Household

Grassy Cove Road Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Kemmer, Robert EheadMW62M25TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farming
Kemmer, EvawifeFW59M21TNTNTN
Kemmer, OscarsonMW34STNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farming
Kemmer, LittonsonMW24STNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farming
Kemmer, Ava Lee abdaughterFW21STNTNTN
Kemmer, Cleo abdaughterFW18STNTNTN
Kemmer, RobertsonMW16STNTNTN
Ray, JennydaughterFW27M21TNTNTN
Ray, Estusgrand sonMW7STNTNTN

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Robert E Kemmer - Household

Main Co Road Proceeding Westward Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Kemmer, Robert EheadMW82WdTNUnable to work
Kemmer, OscarsonMW54NevTNFarm HelperFarm
Kemmer, JenniedaughterFW46DTN