The Shemwell Family

Genevieve B McArthurAge: 78 years19071986

Name
Genevieve B McArthur
Given names
Genevieve B
Surname
McArthur
Married name
Genevieve B Shemwell
Birth December 10, 1907 37 30
Note: or December 11, 1907
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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 25, 1930 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Dr. Robert Roland Shemwell
February 7, 1933 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Dr. Gary Neil Shemwell
March 5, 1938 (Age 30 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 fatherNeil McArthur
February 2, 1949 (Age 41 years)
Census April 3, 1950 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 motherOlive “Ollie” Bell
November 10, 1954 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Sharyl Elise Shemwell
February 2, 1959 (Age 51 years)
Death of a granddaughterSharyl Elise Shemwell
December 4, 1962 (Age 54 years)
Cause: Acute Pulmonary Edema
Burial of a granddaughterSharyl Elise Shemwell
December 6, 1962 (Age 54 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mt. Moriah Cemetery
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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
Marriage of a childDr. Robert Roland ShemwellPatricia Ann “Patty” McNellisView this family
November 26, 1984 (Age 76 years)
Death September 1986 (Age 78 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Calhoun Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Neil McArthur
Birth: December 15, 1869Ontario, Canada
Death: February 2, 1949Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
mother
Olive “Ollie” Bell
Birth: April 20, 1877Calhoun, Henry, Missouri, United States
Death: November 10, 1954Calhoun, Henry, Missouri, United States
Marriage: calculated 1900
8 years
herself
Family with Hubert Roland Shemwell - View this family
husband
Hubert Roland Shemwell
Birth: August 5, 1907 39 31Greene, Missouri, United States
Death: January 12, 1990Excelsior Springs, Clay, Missouri, United States
herself
son
5 years
son
Dr. Gary Neil Shemwell
Birth: March 5, 1938 30 30Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: November 13, 2018Raytown, Jackson, Missouri, United States
daughter
Private

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Birth
or December 11, 1907
Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Neil McArthur - Household

High Street Tebo, Henry, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
MacArthur, NeilheadMW60M30CanadaScotlandScotlandGaelicOverseerSaw mill
MacArthur, OlliewifeFW52M22MOVAMO
Shemwell, Genevieve BdaughterFW22M19MOCanadaMO
Shemwell, Hubert Rson in lawMW22M19MOTNKYLaborerCreamery

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Hubert Roland Shemwell - Household

1715 West First Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Shemwell, Hubert SheadMW32MMOKansas CityKansas CityMOBook keeperCreamery
Shemwell, Genevieve BwifeFW32MMOKansas CityKansas CityMO
Shemwell, RobertsonMW7MMOKansas CityKansas CityMO
Shemwell, GarysonMW2MMO