The Shemwell Family

Ruth Neville McNuttAge: 78 years19242002

Name
Ruth Neville McNutt
Given names
Ruth Neville
Surname
McNutt
Married name
Ruth Neville Sheard
Birth May 27, 1924 39 30
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 5 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 5 years)
Census April 17, 1930 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherRollie Adkerson McNutt Jr.
August 16, 1930 (Age 6 years)
Death of a motherMartha Ophila Burnett
April 24, 1931 (Age 6 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas McCammon McNutt
September 17, 1932 (Age 8 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Elizabeth Cromwell
November 21, 1933 (Age 9 years)
Marriage of a parentRollie Adkerson McNuttEdna Grace SimpsonView this family
before 1940 (Age 15 years)

Census April 8, 1940 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSusanna Melissa Elizabeth “Susie” Shemwell
October 18, 1942 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 17 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 22 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 25 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 21 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 sisterMary Elizabeth McNutt
February 16, 1994 (Age 69 years)
Death December 24, 2002 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Waco Memorial Park
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 6, 1912Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder sister
Mary Elizabeth McNutt
Birth: June 13, 1915 30 22Lowes, Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 16, 1994Cimarron, Colfax, New Mexico, United States
4 years
elder sister
Edith Cloteen McNutt
Birth: January 9, 1919 33 25Lowes, Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 10, 1923Lowes, Graves, Kentucky, United States
5 years
herself
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 Phillip Herbert Sheard - View this family
husband
Phillip Herbert Sheard
Birth: July 25, 1927Kettering, Northamptonshire, England
Death: April 1, 2007Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States
herself
Ruth Neville McNutt
Birth: May 27, 1924 39 30Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 24, 2002Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private
daughter
Private

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

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Rollie Adkerson McNutt - Household

Colfax, New Mexico

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
McNutt, R AheadMW55MKYRColfaxPreacherChurch
McNutt, EdnaXwifeFW41MILRatonColfaxNM
McNutt, RuthdaughterFW15SKYRColfax
McNutt, RolliesonMW9SNMRColfax