The Shemwell Family

Rhoda Caroline HolmesAge: 46 years18921938

Name
Rhoda Caroline Holmes
Given names
Rhoda Caroline
Surname
Holmes
Married name
Rhoda Caroline Shemwell
Birth April 3, 1892
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
MarriageRudy Scott ShemwellView this family
June 10, 1917 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 24 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 25 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/
Birth of a son
#1
J Howard Shemwell
June 9, 1920 (Age 28 years)
Death of a sonJ Howard Shemwell
October 17, 1920 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Vernon Dale Shemwell
December 13, 1924 (Age 32 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 37 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 1, 1930 (Age 37 years)
Death August 10, 1938 (Age 46 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Level United Methodist Church Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
herself
Family with Rudy Scott Shemwell - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: June 10, 1917Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States
3 years
son
J Howard Shemwell
Birth: June 9, 1920 30 28Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 17, 1920Marshall, Kentucky, United States
5 years
son
Rudy Scott Shemwell + Lola May Myrick - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: September 19, 1943Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Rudy Scott Shemwell - Household

Civil District 4 Oak Level, Marshall Ky.

NameRelationAssetsSexRaceAgeMCAgMEduBPFBPMBPNLYOIN/AEng?OccupationIndustryEmployVetWar
Rudy Scott ShemwellheadMW40S27KYKYKYKYFarmerFarmYWW
Rhoda Caroline HolmeswifeFW37S25KYKYNC-
Vernon Dale ShemwellsonMW5S-KYKYKYKY