Evelyn WilliamsAge: 102 years1912–2014
- Name
- Evelyn Williams
- Given names
- Evelyn
- Surname
- Williams
- Married name
- Evelyn Shemwell
 Birth | June 22, 1912 33 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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 17 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 11, 1940 (Age 27 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Mary Ann Shemwell August 18, 1941 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 24, 1950 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 37 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 father | Irvin Haywood Williams May 12, 1966 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Ashley Shemwell October 6, 1974 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Ashley Shemwell October 8, 1974 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 | James Edwin Shemwell July 6, 1988 (Age 76 years) |
 Death | August 16, 2014 (Age 102 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Wingo Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Irvin Haywood Williams Birth: January 15, 1879 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: May 12, 1966 — Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Annie Lemega Hampton Death: |
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Marriage: February 26, 1903 — |
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9 years herself |
Evelyn Williams Birth: June 22, 1912 33 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 16, 2014 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with James Edwin Shemwell |
| husband |
James Edwin Shemwell Birth: December 3, 1905 48 31 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: July 6, 1988 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Evelyn Williams Birth: June 22, 1912 33 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 16, 2014 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| daughter |
Mary Ann Shemwell Birth: August 18, 1941 35 29 — Wingo, Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: February 6, 2022 — Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States |
| son |
Private |
| daughter |
Private |
| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Mary Elizabeth Shemwell - Household
Adams Street Wingo, Graves, KY - Mary E Shemwell
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