The Shemwell Family

Virginia Lee CarpenterAge: 78 years19171996

Name
Virginia Lee Carpenter
Given names
Virginia Lee
Surname
Carpenter
Married name
Virginia Lee Jack
Birth November 12, 1917 27 24
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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 50 days)

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 Sue Carpenter
May 4, 1920 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Travis Carpenter Jr
March 20, 1924 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherThomas J “Tommy” Carpenter
May 28, 1927 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 11 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 brotherJackie Ebert Carpenter
March 26, 1933 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMay Margaret “Maggie” Cook
July 4, 1938 (Age 20 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Travis Carpenter Jr
September 7, 1942 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 May 18, 1950 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 32 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 motherEthel Vivian Coons
May 2, 1975 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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 fatherWilliam Travis Carpenter Sr.
May 31, 1985 (Age 67 years)
Death February 16, 1996 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Washington Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: December 24, 1916Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, United States
11 months
herself
Virginia Lee Carpenter
Birth: November 12, 1917 27 24Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: February 16, 1996Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger sister
Dorothy Sue Carpenter
Birth: May 4, 1920 29 27Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: March 17, 2015Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
4 years
younger brother
William Travis Carpenter Jr
Birth: March 20, 1924 33 31Missouri, United States
Death: September 7, 1942Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger brother
Thomas J “Tommy” Carpenter
Birth: May 28, 1927 37 34Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: November 12, 2016Sylvania, Lucas, Ohio, United States
6 years
younger brother
Jackie Ebert Carpenter
Birth: March 26, 1933 42 40Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: September 30, 2019Duluth, Minnesota, United States
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step-father
mother
Marriage: July 7, 1909Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
16 months
half-brother
Robert George Nolan
Birth: November 19, 1910 25 17Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, United States
Death: April 21, 1999Oregon, United States
Family with Oscar Burton Jack - View this family
husband
herself
Virginia Lee Carpenter
Birth: November 12, 1917 27 24Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: February 16, 1996Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
daughter
Private
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husband
husband’s wife
Mary Lucille Bryant
Birth: June 24, 1918Illinois, United States
Death: November 11, 1969Jackson, Missouri, United States
Marriage: October 29, 1934Jackson, Missouri, United States
8 months
step-son
Phillip Eugene Jack
Birth: June 18, 1935 23 16Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: January 2, 2008Holt, Clay, Missouri, United States

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