The Shemwell Family

Cleo Clare ShamelAge: 98 years19162014

Name
Cleo Clare Shamel
Given names
Cleo Clare
Surname
Shamel
Married name
Cleo Clare Tracy
Birth July 3, 1916 27 24
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherLoren Thomas Shamel
July 24, 1918 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 5 months)

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 17 months)

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 6, 1920 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterJanice Irene Shamel
May 31, 1920 (Age 3 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Wallace Cook
June 3, 1921 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherLeland Homer Shamel
May 24, 1924 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 13 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 15, 1930 (Age 13 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Albert Shamel
December 29, 1934 (Age 18 years)
Cause: Angina Pericarditis
Death of a maternal grandmotherMartha Ellen Robinson
September 18, 1935 (Age 19 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherEmma Evelyn McLaughlin
August 2, 1942 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 33 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 fatherWilliam Homer Shamel
October 29, 1962 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 motherGrace Cook
March 26, 1990 (Age 73 years)
Death of a brotherLoren Thomas Shamel
January 6, 1993 (Age 76 years)
Address: Near Lebanon
Death of a husbandHerbert Bradford Tracy
October 14, 2000 (Age 84 years)
Death of a sisterJanice Irene Shamel
November 18, 2000 (Age 84 years)
Death December 19, 2014 (Age 98 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: February 19, 1913Laclede, Missouri, United States
3 years
herself
Cleo Clare Shamel
Birth: July 3, 1916 27 24Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: December 19, 2014Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States
2 years
younger brother
Loren Thomas Shamel
Birth: July 24, 1918 29 26Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: January 6, 1993Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
22 months
younger sister
Janice Irene Shamel
Birth: May 31, 1920 31 28Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: November 18, 2000National City, San Diego, California, United States
4 years
younger brother
Leland Homer Shamel
Birth: May 24, 1924 35 32Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: March 1, 2016Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Family with Herbert Bradford Tracy - View this family
husband
Herbert Bradford Tracy
Birth: November 22, 1913Plato, Texas, Missouri, United States
Death: October 14, 2000Whitehouse, Smith, Texas, United States
herself
Cleo Clare Shamel
Birth: July 3, 1916 27 24Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: December 19, 2014Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States
son
Private
daughter
Private

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Homer Shamel - Household

Franklin, Laclede, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shamel, William HheadMW30MMOMOMOCashierBank
Shamel, GracewifeFW27MMOMOMO
Shamel, Cleo CdaughterFW3-6mSMOMOMO
Shamel, Loren TsonMW1-6mSMOMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Homer Shamel - Household

Franklin, Laclede, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shamel, Hpmer WheadMW40M21MOMOMOCashierBank
Shamel, GracewifeFW37M18MOMOMO
Shamel, Cleo CdaughterFW13SMOMOMO
Shamel, Loren TsonMW10SMOMOMO
Shamel, Janice IdaughterFW7SMOMOMO
Shamel, Leland HsonMW5SMOMOMO
Cook, Martha Emother in lawFW82WdMOMOMOTeacherHigh School