Ray Ervin Shemwell Sr.Age: 77 years1904–1982
- Name
- Ray Ervin Shemwell Sr.
- Given names
- Ray Ervin
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Name suffix
- Sr.
 Birth | March 13, 1904 30 21 |
 Birth of a brother | William Ewing Shemwell April 23, 1907 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Elizabeth Demarious “Bette” Shemwell November 20, 1907 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Delmar Lloyd Shemwell March 6, 1910 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | April 21, 1910 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Lester Morris Shemwell September 4, 1914 (Age 10 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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 | March 10, 1920 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 25 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 |
| Birth of a son #1 | Ray Ervin “Junior” Shemwell Jr. November 3, 1929 (Age 25 years) |
| Census | April 5, 1930 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth “Bessie” Wallace November 3, 1933 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Betty Jean Shemwell January 1, 1939 (Age 34 years) |
| Census | May 8, 1940 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 45 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 father | William Santford Shemwell December 21, 1958 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a mother | Callie Emaline Morris July 10, 1964 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Scott Douglas Shemwell December 7, 1969 (Age 65 years) |
| Marriage of a child | David Pearlstein — Betty Jean Shemwell — View this family February 16, 1974 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a wife | Betty Inez Howell May 7, 1974 (Age 70 years) |
 Marriage | Ruby Grigsby — View this family March 8, 1975 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 | February 8, 1982 (Age 77 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Union Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Santford Shemwell Birth: June 15, 1873 18 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: December 21, 1958 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Callie Emaline Morris Birth: August 4, 1882 18 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: July 10, 1964 — Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: December 23, 1900 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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19 months elder sister |
Ivy Myrtle Shemwell Birth: July 16, 1902 29 19 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 14, 1999 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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20 months himself |
Ray Ervin Shemwell Sr. Birth: March 13, 1904 30 21 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 8, 1982 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
William Ewing Shemwell Birth: April 23, 1907 33 24 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 27, 1983 — Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Delmar Lloyd Shemwell Birth: March 6, 1910 36 27 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: July 8, 1998 — Cadiz, Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Lester Morris Shemwell Birth: September 4, 1914 41 32 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: July 29, 2000 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Betty Inez Howell |
| himself |
Ray Ervin Shemwell Sr. Birth: March 13, 1904 30 21 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 8, 1982 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Betty Inez Howell Birth: September 24, 1908 16 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 7, 1974 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
| son |
Ray Ervin “Junior” Shemwell Jr. Birth: November 3, 1929 25 21 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States Death: April 22, 1998 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
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9 years daughter |
Betty Jean Shemwell Birth: January 1, 1939 34 30 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States Death: December 1998 |
| son |
Private |
| Family with Ruby Grigsby |
| himself |
Ray Ervin Shemwell Sr. Birth: March 13, 1904 30 21 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 8, 1982 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Ruby Grigsby Birth: about 1914 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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Marriage: March 8, 1975 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Sanford Shemwell - Household
Trigg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Sanford Shemwell - Household
Long Hollow, Trigg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Ray Ervin Shemwell - Household
Fairlawn Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Ray Ervin Shemwell - Household
Fairlawn Knight, Vanderburgh, Indiana
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