Cyrena Salome WilkersonAge: 89 years1905–1994
- Name
- Cyrena Salome Wilkerson
- Given names
- Cyrena Salome
- Surname
- Wilkerson
- Married name
- Cyrena Salome Shemwell
 Birth | November 7, 1905 40 29 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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/ |
 Marriage | Homer Acton Shemwell — View this family August 20, 1927 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 23 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 father | James Thomas Wilkerson December 5, 1931 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Jimmie Franklin Shemwell October 30, 1932 (Age 26 years) |
 Census | April 5, 1940 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 44 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Brenda Jane “Jennie” Shemwell January 16, 1959 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a mother | Emma Texer Gupton May 31, 1961 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 husband | Homer Acton Shemwell March 10, 1994 (Age 88 years) |
 Death | November 10, 1994 (Age 89 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Memorial Gardens |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Thomas Wilkerson Birth: July 10, 1865 Death: December 5, 1931 |
| mother |
Emma Texer Gupton Birth: March 4, 1876 Death: May 31, 1961 |
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Marriage: — |
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| herself |
Cyrena Salome Wilkerson Birth: November 7, 1905 40 29 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: November 10, 1994 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Homer Acton Shemwell |
| husband |
Homer Acton Shemwell Birth: October 26, 1904 42 35 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: March 10, 1994 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Cyrena Salome Wilkerson Birth: November 7, 1905 40 29 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: November 10, 1994 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: August 20, 1927 — |
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5 years son |
Jimmie Franklin Shemwell Birth: October 30, 1932 28 26 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: July 8, 2010 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
Cyrena Salome Wilkerson has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Homer Acton Shemwell - Household
Rural Route No 3 McCracken, Kentucky
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