Mary Cornelia “May” FoyAge: 96 years1885–1982
- Name
- Mary Cornelia “May” Foy
- Given names
- Mary Cornelia
- Surname
- Foy
- Married name
- Mary Cornelia Shemwell
- Nickname
- May
 Birth | August 3, 1885 33 24 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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 |
 Marriage | Dermot Shemwell — View this family October 18, 1905 (Age 20 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Laura Gertrude Shemwell 1907 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Irma Shemwell September 1, 1908 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Irma Shemwell August 1, 1909 (Age 23 years) |
 Census | April 24, 1910 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Mary Foy Shemwell February 10, 1912 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Dermot “Bud” Shemwell Jr. March 17, 1915 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Infant Daughter Shemwell July 6, 1916 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Infant Daughter Shemwell July 6, 1916 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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/ |
| Census | January 17, 1920 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a mother | Gertrude V Cochran July 25, 1923 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 44 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 22, 1930 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Dermot B “Mot” Shemwell III 1939 (Age 53 years) |
| Census | May 20, 1940 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Richard Thomas Phillips Jr. June 23, 1940 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Infant Phillips January 9, 1943 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Infant Phillips January 9, 1943 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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 | April 10, 1950 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 64 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 husband | Dermot Shemwell January 11, 1966 (Age 80 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 60 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 | June 13, 1982 (Age 96 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lexington City Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Edgar Foy Birth: October 19, 1851 Death: |
| mother |
Gertrude V Cochran Birth: about 1861 Death: July 25, 1923 |
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Marriage: December 11, 1877 — |
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8 years herself |
Mary Cornelia “May” Foy Birth: August 3, 1885 33 24 — Clayton, Barbour, Alabama, United States Death: June 13, 1982 — Dougherty, Georgia, United States |
| Family with Dermot Shemwell |
| husband |
Dermot Shemwell Birth: May 25, 1884 26 20 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 11, 1966 — Sumter, Georgia, United States |
| herself |
Mary Cornelia “May” Foy Birth: August 3, 1885 33 24 — Clayton, Barbour, Alabama, United States Death: June 13, 1982 — Dougherty, Georgia, United States |
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Marriage: October 18, 1905 — Barbour, Alabama, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Laura Gertrude Shemwell Birth: 1907 22 21 — Alabama, United States Death: December 23, 1990 — Albany, Dougherty, Georgia, United States |
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20 months daughter |
Irma Shemwell Birth: September 1, 1908 24 23 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: August 1, 1909 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Mary Foy Shemwell Birth: February 10, 1912 27 26 — North Carolina, United States Death: October 21, 2005 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years son |
Dermot “Bud” Shemwell Jr. Birth: March 17, 1915 30 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 2, 1996 — Dougherty, Georgia, United States |
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16 months daughter |
Infant Daughter Shemwell Birth: July 6, 1916 32 30 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: July 6, 1916 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
Mary Cornelia “May” Foy has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Dermot Shemwell - Household
Lexington, Davidson, NC State St.
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Fred W Calvert - Household
Boarders - Pine St Albany, Dougherty, Georgia
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Dermot Shemwell - Household
Dawson Rd Dougherty, GA
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Dermot Shemwell - Household
906 N. Madison Albany, Doughtery, Georgia
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Dermot Shemwell - Household
Palmyra, Lee, Georgia, United States
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