Doris M BrayAge: 78 years1910–1989
- Name
- Doris M Bray
- Given names
- Doris M
- Surname
- Bray
- Married name
- Doris M Shemwell
 Birth | September 28, 1910 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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 19 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 | John Franklin “Jack” Shemwell August 5, 1938 (Age 27 years) |
 Census | April 3, 1940 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 3, 1950 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 35 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 husband | John Pryor Shemwell November 26, 1986 (Age 76 years) |
 Death | September 26, 1989 (Age 78 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Clarks River Cemetery |
| Family with John Pryor Shemwell |
| husband |
John Pryor Shemwell Birth: October 30, 1899 40 27 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: November 26, 1986 — Gulf Breeze, Santa Rosa, Florida, United States |
| herself |
Doris M Bray Birth: September 28, 1910 — Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Death: September 26, 1989 — Gulf Breeze, Santa Rosa, Florida, United States |
| son |
John Franklin “Jack” Shemwell Birth: August 5, 1938 38 27 — Richmond Heights, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Death: May 2, 1998 — Seattle, King, Washington, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
No family available
| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - John Pryor Shemwell - Household
1313 Laclede Station Road Richmond Heights, St. Louis, Missouri
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