The Shemwell Family

Mary LewisAge: 95 years19192015

Name
Mary Lewis
Given names
Mary
Surname
Lewis
Married name
Mary Shemwell
Birth March 27, 1919
Clubs-Organizations
Charity League of Albany

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 10 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
Education
High School
1936 (Age 16 years)
School or college: Albany High School
Birth of a son
#1
Dermot B “Mot” Shemwell III
1939 (Age 19 years)
Census May 20, 1940 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 22 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 10, 1950 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 30 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 26 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Tyler Harrison Shemwell
June 11, 1980 (Age 61 years)
Death of a husbandDermot “Bud” Shemwell Jr.
February 2, 1996 (Age 76 years)
Death of a sonDermot B “Mot” Shemwell III
March 10, 2011 (Age 91 years)
Burial of a sonDermot B “Mot” Shemwell III
March 14, 2011 (Age 91 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakview Cemetery
Death of a grandsonTyler Harrison Shemwell
November 12, 2013 (Age 94 years)
Religion
Catholic
before 2015 (Age 95 years)
Death March 17, 2015 (Age 95 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak View Cemetery
Note: Cremated
Family with Dermot “Bud” Shemwell Jr. - View this family
husband
Dermot “Bud” Shemwell Jr.
Birth: March 17, 1915 30 29North Carolina, United States
Death: February 2, 1996Dougherty, Georgia, United States
herself
Mary Lewis
Birth: March 27, 1919Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States
Death: March 17, 2015Albany, Dougherty, Georgia, United States
son
Dermot B “Mot” Shemwell III
Birth: 1939 23 19Albany, Dougherty, Georgia, United States
Death: March 10, 2011Johns Creek, Fulton, Georgia, United States
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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Dermot Shemwell - Household

906 N. Madison Albany, Doughtery, Georgia

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchEdBPResFarmOccupationIndustryVetWar
Dermot Shemwell SrheadMW55MNCOwn BusinessColonial Dairies
Mary ShemwellwifeFW54MAL
Dermot Shemwell Jr.sonMW24MNCsalesmanColonial Dairies
Mary Shemwelldaughter-in-lawFW21MGA
Dermot Shemwell IIIgrandsonMW7moSGA

Burial
Cremated