The Shemwell Family

Hattie Belle McWhorterAge: 73 years18901963

Name
Hattie Belle McWhorter
Given names
Hattie Belle
Surname
McWhorter
Married name
Hattie Belle Shemwell
Birth about 1890 35
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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
MarriageBland James “B J” ShemwellView this family
December 6, 1916 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 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 27 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 28 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 9, 1920 (Age 30 years)
Death of a sisterElizabeth McWhorter
January 29, 1920 (Age 30 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 39 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 11, 1930 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 51 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 husbandBland James “B J” Shemwell
November 16, 1947 (Age 57 years)
Address: Near
Cause: Auto Accident
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 60 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 56 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 1963 (Age 73 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Prospect Hill Cemetery
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mother
Marriage:
elder sister
Elizabeth McWhorter
Birth: July 10, 1885 30Wilbur, Wayne, Nebraska, United States
Death: January 29, 1920
brother
brother
sister
herself
Family with Bland James “B J” Shemwell - View this family
husband
Bland James “B J” Shemwell
Birth: August 15, 1891 30 26Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: November 16, 1947Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States
herself
Marriage: December 6, 1916Douglas, Nebraska, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Bland James “B J” Shemwell - Household

Waterloo, Douglas, Nebraska

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shemwell, BlandheadMW28MMOKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Shemwell, HattiewifeFW29MNEIrelandNY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Bland James “B J” Shemwell - Household

Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shemwell, Bland JheadMW39M25MOKYKYMerchantLivestock Commission Co.
Shemwell, Hattie BwifeFW40M28NENYNY
McWhorter, MynanieceFW25SNENYNEClerkRailway Education ?
McWhorter, Eliza Jmother in lawFW75WdNYIrelandIreland