The Shemwell Family

Mary Elizabeth McNuttAge: 78 years19151994

Name
Mary Elizabeth McNutt
Given names
Mary Elizabeth
Surname
McNutt
Married name
Mary Elizabeth Swanson
Birth June 13, 1915 30 22
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 months)

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 18 months)

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 2 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 sisterEdith Cloteen McNutt
January 9, 1919 (Age 3 years)
Census January 6, 1920 (Age 4 years)
Death of a sisterEdith Cloteen McNutt
November 10, 1923 (Age 8 years)
Cause: Burned to death
Birth of a sisterRuth Neville McNutt
May 27, 1924 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Paschal Burnett
November 20, 1929 (Age 14 years)
Census April 17, 1930 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a brotherRollie Adkerson McNutt Jr.
August 16, 1930 (Age 15 years)
Death of a motherMartha Ophila Burnett
April 24, 1931 (Age 15 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas McCammon McNutt
September 17, 1932 (Age 17 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Elizabeth Cromwell
November 21, 1933 (Age 18 years)
Marriage of a parentRollie Adkerson McNuttEdna Grace SimpsonView this family
before 1940 (Age 24 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Billie Swanson
December 1941 (Age 26 years)

Death of a daughterBillie Swanson
December 1941 (Age 26 years)

Death of a maternal grandmotherSusanna Melissa Elizabeth “Susie” Shemwell
October 18, 1942 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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
Death of a fatherRollie Adkerson McNutt
February 11, 1947 (Age 31 years)
Census May 8, 1950 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 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 30 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 February 16, 1994 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cimarron Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 6, 1912Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States
3 years
herself
Mary Elizabeth McNutt
Birth: June 13, 1915 30 22Lowes, Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 16, 1994Cimarron, Colfax, New Mexico, United States
4 years
younger sister
Edith Cloteen McNutt
Birth: January 9, 1919 33 25Lowes, Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 10, 1923Lowes, Graves, Kentucky, United States
5 years
younger sister
Ruth Neville McNutt
Birth: May 27, 1924 39 30Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 24, 2002Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States
6 years
younger brother
Rollie Adkerson McNutt Jr.
Birth: August 16, 1930 45 37Raton, Colfax, New Mexico, United States
Death: April 8, 2005Lubbock, Texas, United States
Father’s family with Edna Grace Simpson - View this family
father
step-mother
Edna Grace Simpson
Birth: December 15, 1898Naperville, DuPage, Illinois, United States
Death: November 1, 1979Artesia, Eddy, New Mexico, United States
Marriage: before 1940
Family with Ernest Alfred Swanson Jr - View this family
husband
Ernest Alfred Swanson Jr
Birth: April 17, 1917 44Eagle Nest, Colfax, New Mexico, United States
Death: December 19, 2001Raton, Colfax, New Mexico, United States
herself
Mary Elizabeth McNutt
Birth: June 13, 1915 30 22Lowes, Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 16, 1994Cimarron, Colfax, New Mexico, United States
daughter
daughter
Private

Mary Elizabeth McNutt has 52 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Rollie Adkerson McNutt - Household

Birmingham, Marshall, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
McNutt, Rollie AheadMW34MKYTNKYPreacher
McNutt, Martha OwifeFW26MKYKYKY
McNutt, Mary EdaughterFW4-9mSKYKYKY
McNutt, Edith ClotinedaughterFW1-3m?SKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Rollie Adkerson McNutt - Household

Cimarron, Colfax, New Mexico

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
McNutt, Rollie AheadMW45M19KYTNKYPreacherChurch
McNutt, Martha OwifeFW36M19KYKYKY
McNutt, Mary EdaughterFW14SKYKYKY
McNutt, Ruth NdaughterFW5SKYKYKY