The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth Lorena BarrettAge: 71 years19031974

Name
Elizabeth Lorena Barrett
Given names
Elizabeth Lorena
Surname
Barrett
Married name
Elizabeth Lorena Shemwell
Birth January 12, 1903 32 20
Birth of a brotherArthur Cruce Barrett
January 12, 1903
Death of a fatherPhilip Joseph Barrett
September 3, 1905 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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/
MarriageGranbury Dabney “Uncle Dow” ShemwellView this family
about 1920 (Age 16 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Kenneth Dabney “Skeets” Shemwell
February 24, 1921 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#2
David Roland Shemwell Sr.
February 2, 1923 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Donald Lee Shemwell
September 15, 1929 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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 7, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Marriage of a childKenneth Dabney “Skeets” ShemwellGertrude Evelyn MorrisonView this family
November 20, 1938 (Age 35 years)
Census May 2, 1940 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Kent Robert Looby
May 20, 1942 (Age 39 years)

Court Order
Loraine Shemwell - Court Order
November 28, 1944 (Age 41 years)
Note: Article found in "The Daily Law Journal" on Nov 28, 1944
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 17, 1950 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 46 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
Death of a motherMinerva Delia “Minnie” Roberts
about 1962 (Age 58 years)
Death of a grandsonKent Robert Looby
November 26, 1966 (Age 63 years)
Cause: Car Accident
Death of a husbandGranbury Dabney “Uncle Dow” Shemwell
August 1971 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 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
Cremation of a husbandGranbury Dabney “Uncle Dow” Shemwell
August 1971 (Age 68 years)
Note: Cremated, Ashes spread over Buckeye, Arizona
Death December 4, 1974 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Resthaven Gardens Cemeter
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
herself
twin brother
Arthur Cruce Barrett
Birth: January 12, 1903 32 20Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 19, 1980North Richland Hills, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Family with Granbury Dabney “Uncle Dow” Shemwell - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1920
14 months
son
Kenneth Dabney “Skeets” Shemwell
Birth: February 24, 1921 19 18Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Death: July 8, 2004Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States
23 months
son
David Roland Shemwell Sr.
Birth: February 2, 1923 21 20Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Death: June 16, 1995Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States
7 years
son
Donald Lee Shemwell
Birth: September 15, 1929 28 26Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States
Death: March 23, 2014
Granbury Dabney “Uncle Dow” Shemwell + Marguerite O “Margaret” Lasky - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: about 1944Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States

Elizabeth Lorena Barrett has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Granbury Dabney “Uncle Dow” Shemwell - Household

2818 Avenue L Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shemwell, Dabney GheadMW28M18KYTNKYAccountantGlass factory
Shemwell, Lorena EwifeFW27M17OKUSTX
Shemwell, Kenneth DsonMW9STXKYOK
Shemwell, David RsonMW7STXKYOK
Shemwell, Donald LsonMW6mSTXKYOK

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Granbury Dabney “Uncle Dow” Shemwell - Household

Grove Street Oakland, Alameda, California

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Shemwell, DabneyheadMW38MKYWichita FallsTXBookkeeperValve Manufacturing
Shemwell, LorenawifeFW37MOKWichita FallsTX
Shemwell, DavidsonMW17STXWichita FallsTX
Shemwell, DonaldsonMW10STXWichita FallsTX

Court Order
Article found in "The Daily Law Journal" on Nov 28, 1944
Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Elizabeth Lorena Barrett - Household

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Shemwell, LourenaheadFW47WdOKH
Shemwell, Donald LsonMW20NevTXWK21Pressman HelperPaper to Rubbish CoP