The Shemwell Family

Bernice HallAge: 97 years19062004

Name
Bernice Hall
Given names
Bernice
Surname
Hall
Married name
Bernice Shemwell
Birth September 19, 1906
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
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World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 10 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 11 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/
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The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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 daughter
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Peggy Jo Shemwell
July 15, 1939 (Age 32 years)
Census April 11, 1940 (Age 33 years)
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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
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Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 husbandBenjamin Floyd “Shem” Shemwell
November 18, 1966 (Age 60 years)
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Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 daughterPeggy Jo Shemwell
December 7, 2003 (Age 97 years)

Death June 23, 2004 (Age 97 years)
Burial June 28, 2004 (5 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Llano Cemetery
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Bernice Hall
Birth: September 19, 1906Bowie, Texas, United States
Death: June 23, 2004Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States
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Family with Benjamin Floyd “Shem” Shemwell - View this family
husband
Benjamin Floyd “Shem” Shemwell
Birth: November 26, 1901 32 27Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 18, 1966Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States
herself
Bernice Hall
Birth: September 19, 1906Bowie, Texas, United States
Death: June 23, 2004Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States
daughter
Peggy Jo Shemwell
Birth: July 15, 1939 37 32San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
Death: December 7, 2003
daughter
Private

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Floyd “Shem” Shemwell - Household

815 N. Mesquite San Antonio, Bexar, Texas

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Shemwell, BenjaminheadMW39MARsame placeAgentEnglish Freight lines
Shemwell, BerniceXwifeFW33MTXsame place
Shemwell, Peggy JoedaughterFW8mSTX