Ernest E ShemwellAge: 62 years1887–1950
- Name
- Ernest E Shemwell
- Given names
- Ernest E
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | November 11, 1887 28 20 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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 |
 Birth of a sister | Vera Shemwell November 16, 1898 (Age 11 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 12 years) |
| Census | May 6, 1910 (Age 22 years) |
 Marriage | Lenora A Huddleston — View this family September 1, 1910 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Ernestine Leo Shemwell July 3, 1911 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Victor Murdoch Shemwell June 14, 1913 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 28 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Military | WWI Draft Registration 1917 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mildred Elizabeth “Millie” Armstrong February 16, 1917 (Age 29 years) Cause: Heart Failure |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 29 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 30 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/ |
| Census | January 13, 1920 (Age 32 years) |
 Occupation | Retail merchant 1920 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a father | Joseph Mason Shemwell May 9, 1925 (Age 37 years) Cause: Suicide |
| Death of a sister | Vera Shemwell December 29, 1925 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 41 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 10, 1930 (Age 42 years) |
 Divorce | Lenora A Huddleston — View this family April 1932 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Victor Murdoch Shemwell — Katherine Virginia Matthews — View this family March 25, 1935 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Alison Lenore “Chickie” Shemwell December 2, 1935 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Michael Vann Jernigan April 18, 1936 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a mother | Josephine “Josie” Gibbs November 15, 1940 (Age 53 years) |
| Military | WW2 Draft October 14, 1942 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 54 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 62 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 58 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 | March 23, 1950 (Age 62 years) |
 Burial | March 27, 1950 (4 days after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: New Concord Baptist Church Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Joseph Mason Shemwell Birth: July 17, 1859 59 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 9, 1925 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Josephine “Josie” Gibbs Birth: December 2, 1866 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 15, 1940 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1882 — |
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21 months elder sister |
Genie Belle Shemwell Birth: October 5, 1883 24 16 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: July 1, 1983 — Harris, Texas, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Clifton “Cliff” Shemwell Birth: November 7, 1885 26 18 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 7, 1974 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years himself |
Ernest E Shemwell Birth: November 11, 1887 28 20 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 23, 1950 — New York, United States |
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11 years younger sister |
Vera Shemwell Birth: November 16, 1898 39 31 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: December 29, 1925 — Caddo, Louisiana, United States |
| Family with Lenora A Huddleston |
| himself |
Ernest E Shemwell Birth: November 11, 1887 28 20 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 23, 1950 — New York, United States |
| ex-wife |
Lenora A Huddleston Birth: 1892 19 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1966 |
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Marriage: September 1, 1910 — Massac, Illinois, United States |
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Divorce: April 1932 — Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States |
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10 months daughter |
Ernestine Leo Shemwell Birth: July 3, 1911 23 19 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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23 months son |
Victor Murdoch Shemwell Birth: June 14, 1913 25 21 — Melber, McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: July 9, 1994 — Polk, Florida, United States |
Ernest E Shemwell has 14 first cousins recorded
Father's family (14)
Parents Josiah McKinney Carr “Dock” Stagner + Elizabeth Demarious “Bette” Shemwell
Parents … … + Elizabeth Demarious “Bette” Shemwell
Parents Henry Isaac Shamwell + Rebecca Kennedy
Parents Henry Isaac Shamwell + Eliza Ann “Liza” Burkhart
Parents William Henry Harrison Simmons + Ann C Shemwell
Parents Robert Lysander Choate + Susan Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Mason Shemwell - Household
Massac McCracken Ky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Mason Shemwell - Household
McCracken, Ky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Ernest E Shemwell - Household
1156 North Blvd East Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Ernest E Shemwell - Household
1609 Anderson Ave Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee
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