The Shemwell Family

Elmo Glenn GambrelAge: 43 years19231967

Name
Elmo Glenn Gambrel
Given names
Elmo Glenn
Surname
Gambrel
Birth October 14, 1923 33 33
Birth of a sisterRosemond Gambrel
about 1925 (Age 14 months)
Birth of a brotherIvan James Gambrel
July 31, 1926 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherEldora Caroline Ross
1928 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 5 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 13, 1930 (Age 6 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Henry Hollenback
January 1934 (Age 10 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 16 years)
Census April 18, 1940 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherFlora Catherine Polk
June 27, 1940 (Age 16 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Madison Gambrel
October 14, 1942 (Age 19 years)
Death of a fatherEarl Ross Gambrel
May 13, 1943 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 18 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 26 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 22 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 October 13, 1967 (Age 43 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Wilmington Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: September 11, 1913Marion, Indiana, United States
4 years
elder brother
Infant Gambrel
Birth: June 12, 1917 27 27Greenfield, Hancock, Indiana, United States
Death: June 12, 1917Greenfield, Hancock, Indiana, United States
5 years
elder brother
Verland Earl Gambrel
Birth: December 25, 1921 31 32Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
Death: March 3, 2004Normal, McLean, Illinois, United States
22 months
himself
Elmo Glenn Gambrel
Birth: October 14, 1923 33 33Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
Death: October 13, 1967Los Angeles, California, United States
2 years
younger sister
Rosemond Gambrel
Birth: about 1925 34 35Indiana, United States
Death: after 2004California, United States
19 months
younger brother
Ivan James Gambrel
Birth: July 31, 1926 36 36Indiana, United States
Death: October 31, 2011North Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States

Elmo Glenn Gambrel has 16 first cousins recorded

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Earl Ross Gambrel - Household

Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Gambrel, Earl RheadO2800NoMW40M23NoINININYesCollectorInsuranceWYes
Gambrel, Osa GwifeFW40M23NoINININYesNone
Gambrel, Verland EsonMW8SYesINININNone
Gambrel, Elmore GsonMW6SYesINININNone
Gambrel, RosemonddaughterFW5SNoINININNone
Gambrel, Ivan JsonMW3SNoINININNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Earl Ross Gambrel - Household

Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Gambrel, Earl RheadO2000NoMW50MNoINCarpenterBuilding IndustryPW491100
Gambrel, Osa GwifeFW50MNoIN00
Gambrel, Verland EsonMW18SYesIN00
Gambrel, Elmo GsonMW16SNoINNew Worker00
Gambrel, RosemonxdaughterFW15SYesIN00
Gambrel, Ivan JsonMW13SYesIN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Pearl Agnes Hollenback - Household

Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Zink, PearlheadR10FW52WdNoINPrac NursePrivate HomePW36320
McNew, DoloresxdaughterFW16SYesINDomesticPrivate HomePW1140
McNew, Velmadaughter-in-lawFW26DNoOKPractical NursePrivate HomePW435
McNew, Paulinegrand-daughterFW7SYesCOPW
McNew, Patriciagrand-daughterFW2SNoCOPW
Gambrel, ElmonephewMW16SNoINNew WorkerPW00

Name
Verland Earl Gambrel Obituary and Family Listing From Chesterton Tribune on 3/5/2004. Reverend Verland E. Gambrel, of Fairbury, Ill., formerly of Chesterton, died March 3, 2004 at Bromenn Regional Medical Center, Normal, Ill. He was 82. He was born Dec. 25, 1921 in Greenfield, Ind. the son of Earl Ross and Osa (Hollenback) Gambrel, both of whom preceded him in death. On Nov. 6, 1943 in Nashville, Tenn., he married Ruth Marie Anderson, who survives in Fairbury. He is also survived by three daughters, Jean (Larry) Brown of West Hartford, Conn., Mary (Gordon) Frobish of Fairbury and Laura Estes of Florissant, Mo.; two sons, Paul (Jerry) Gambrel of Bradley, Ill. and Philip (Norma) Gambrel of Beaverton, Ore.; a brother, Ivan Gambrel of North Miami, Fla.; one sister, Rosemond (Hobert) Smith of San Clemente, Calif., nine grandchildren and one great-grandson. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Glen. He received a Bachelor of Theology degree from Olivet Nazarene University in Kankakee. He was an ordained elder in the Free Methodist Church, The Gateway Conference. He served as Pastor for 40 years in Nazarene and Free Methodist Churches in S.D., Ind., Ill. and Missouri, serving the last 11 years as a free Methodist minister. He was a member of the Gateway Conference of the Free Methodist Church; Fairbury Senior Citizens and he tutored for an adult literacy program after his retirement. He enjoyed woodworking, camping and electronics. Memorials may be made to Fairbury Nazarene Church Building Fund. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66063662/verland-earl-gambrel
Name
Earl Gambrel Obituary and Family History ACCIDENT FATAL FOR EARL R. GAMBREL, 53 Injuries suffered in an auto-truck accident Sunday at Fountaintown caused the death yesterday of Earl R. Gambrel, 53, of 1510 Castile Ave. He suffered internal injuries and contracted pneumonia in a Shelby- ville hospital. Mr. Gambrel was a millman em- ployed by Charles McCahill, local contractor. Surviving are: the wife, Osa; daughter, Miss Rosemond Gambrel, Indianapolis: sons, Pvt. Elmo Gam- brel, former Times employee, Camp Croft; Verland Earl, Kankakee, Til., and Ivan, Indianapolis. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11616781/earl-ross-gambrel