The Shemwell Family

Betty Inez HowellAge: 65 years19081974

Name
Betty Inez Howell
Given names
Betty Inez
Surname
Howell
Married name
Betty Inez Shemwell
Birth September 24, 1908 16
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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 son
#1
Ray Ervin “Junior” Shemwell Jr.
November 3, 1929 (Age 21 years)
Census April 5, 1930 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Betty Jean Shemwell
January 1, 1939 (Age 30 years)
Census May 8, 1940 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 41 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 motherLaura Elizabeth Sivills
August 24, 1964 (Age 55 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1
Scott Douglas Shemwell
December 7, 1969 (Age 61 years)

Marriage of a childDavid PearlsteinBetty Jean ShemwellView this family
February 16, 1974 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 May 7, 1974 (Age 65 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Union Hill Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: December 26, 1907
9 months
herself
Betty Inez Howell
Birth: September 24, 1908 16Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 7, 1974Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Family with Ray Ervin Shemwell Sr. - View this family
husband
herself
Betty Inez Howell
Birth: September 24, 1908 16Trigg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 7, 1974Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
son
Ray Ervin “Junior” Shemwell Jr.
Birth: November 3, 1929 25 21Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Death: April 22, 1998Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
9 years
daughter
Betty Jean Shemwell
Birth: January 1, 1939 34 30Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Death: December 1998
son
Private
Ray Ervin Shemwell Sr. + Ruby Grigsby - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: March 8, 1975Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Ray Ervin Shemwell - Household

Fairlawn Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shemwell, ErvinheadMW26M24KYKYKYBinderCigar Factory
Shemwell, InezwifeFW22M19KYKYKY
Shemwell, Ervin JrsonMW5mSINKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Ray Ervin Shemwell - Household

Fairlawn Knight, Vanderburgh, Indiana

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Shemwell, Ervin RheadMW36MKYSame PlaceWatchmanCigar Factory
Shemwell, InezXwifeFW31MKYSame Place
Shemwell, Ray ErvinsonMW10SINSame Place
Shemwell, Betty JeandaughterFW1SIN