The Shemwell Family

Marie Katherine KaiserAge: 85 years19051991

Name
Marie Katherine Kaiser
Given names
Marie Katherine
Surname
Kaiser
Married name
Marie Katherine Shemwell
Birth July 3, 1905
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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 24 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
MarriageIsaac Reed ShemwellView this family
about 1934 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Louise Carole Shemwell
November 19, 1935 (Age 30 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 18, 1950 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 44 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 40 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 husbandIsaac Reed Shemwell
April 29, 1985 (Age 79 years)
Death January 5, 1991 (Age 85 years)
Family with Isaac Reed Shemwell - View this family
husband
Isaac Reed Shemwell
Birth: September 29, 1901 39 32Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 29, 1985Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, United States
herself
Marie Katherine Kaiser
Birth: July 3, 1905California, United States
Death: January 5, 1991San Carlos, San Mateo, California, United States
Marriage: about 1934California, United States
23 months
daughter
Louise Carole Shemwell
Birth: November 19, 1935 34 30San Francisco, California, United States
Death: December 10, 2000California, United States

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Reed Shemwell - Household

636 Brussels San Francisco, San Francisco, California

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Shemwell, ReedheadMW38MKYSame placeCredit ManagerCheese Manufacturing Co.
Shemwell, MarieXwifeFW34MCASame place
Shemwell, LouisedaughterFW4SCASame place

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Reed Shemwell - Household

1017 Woodland Ave San Carlos, San Mateo, California

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Shemwell, ReedheadMW48MarKYAccountantRetail Dairy Products
Shemwell, Marie KwifeFW44MarCA
Shemwell, Louise CdaughterFW14NevCA