Lillian Birtie ShemwellAge: 71 years1895–1967
- Name
- Lillian Birtie Shemwell
- Given names
- Lillian Birtie
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Lillian Birtie Staples
 Birth | April 17, 1895 33 37 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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 |
 Census | June 8, 1900 (Age 5 years) |
 Death of a father | Redic Young Shemwell 1904 (Age 8 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 14 years) |
 Marriage | Ira Staples — View this family October 12, 1910 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Eliza Ann “Lizia” Latham April 18, 1912 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Lillian Beatrice Staples October 28, 1912 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 20 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a son #2 | Nevil Wallace Staples June 22, 1917 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 21 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 22 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 23, 1920 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | James Walton Staples October 10, 1923 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | James Lewis Shemwell January 21, 1926 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 34 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 10, 1930 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a mother | Alice Eliza “Anna” Griffith April 22, 1930 (Age 35 years) Cause: Chronic Interstitial Nephritis |
| Census | April 3, 1940 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Marie Staples November 5, 1943 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Walton Staples — Anita Rose Compagna — View this family November 17, 1944 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 46 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Roger Dale Staples September 14, 1945 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a brother | Don Carlos Shemwell August 26, 1947 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Wanda Elaine Staples March 20, 1950 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Wanda Elaine Staples April 19, 1951 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Donnie Ray Staples August 23, 1952 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 54 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 | Ira Staples September 9, 1957 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 50 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 | January 23, 1967 (Age 71 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Redic Young Shemwell Birth: September 1861 21 19 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: 1904 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Alice Eliza “Anna” Griffith Birth: January 7, 1858 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 22, 1930 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
|
Marriage: July 28, 1881 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
|
|
2 years elder brother |
Don Carlos Shemwell Birth: December 6, 1883 22 25 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 26, 1947 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
|
7 years elder brother |
Fountain Murl Shemwell Birth: September 21, 1890 29 32 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 28, 1967 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
|
5 years herself |
Lillian Birtie Shemwell Birth: April 17, 1895 33 37 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 23, 1967 |
| Family with Ira Staples |
| husband |
Ira Staples Birth: September 29, 1886 — Roseville, Barren, Kentucky, United States Death: September 9, 1957 — New York, United States |
| herself |
Lillian Birtie Shemwell Birth: April 17, 1895 33 37 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 23, 1967 |
|
Marriage: October 12, 1910 — |
|
|
7 years son |
Nevil Wallace Staples Birth: June 22, 1917 30 22 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: October 9, 1989 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
|
-5 years daughter |
Lillian Beatrice Staples Birth: October 28, 1912 26 17 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 17, 2005 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
|
11 years son |
James Walton Staples Birth: October 10, 1923 37 28 — Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: June 5, 2000 — Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Redic Y Shemwell - Household
Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Anna Eliza Griffith - Household
Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
Notes: Widowed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Ira Staples - Household
Skilesville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Don Carlos Shemwell - Household
Main Street Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Don Carlos Shemwell - Household
House facing Main Street North Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
|