The Shemwell Family

Annie Katherine ShemwellAge: 90 years19091999

Name
Annie Katherine Shemwell
Given names
Annie Katherine
Surname
Shemwell
Birth January 3, 1909 41 33
Education
Graduate Cottey College, Nevada, Missouri & Central Missouri State Warrensburg

Census May 7, 1910 (Age 16 months)
Occupation
1st Grade, Alton Elem.

Employer: 31 yrs Indep., Missouri, United States
Occupation
1st grade -Calhoun Elem. 14 yrs.

Employer: Central Mo. State Warrensburg
No Children
No Known Biological Children

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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/
Death of a maternal grandfatherFrancis Marion Layman
November 17, 1919 (Age 10 years)
Census January 2, 1920 (Age 10 years)
Address: Stotesbury Township
Death of a fatherRev. Roland W Shemwell
August 24, 1926 (Age 17 years)
Cause: Diabetes
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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 21 years)
Census May 7, 1940 (Age 31 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMargaret Anna “Maggie” Green
April 18, 1943 (Age 34 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 40 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 motherHettie Boyd “Etta” Layman
February 1, 1960 (Age 51 years)
Cause: Heart Disease
Death of a brotherGranbury Dabney “Uncle Dow” Shemwell
August 1971 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 brotherGranbury Dabney “Uncle Dow” Shemwell
August 1971 (Age 62 years)
Note: Cremated, Ashes spread over Buckeye, Arizona
Death of a brotherHubert Roland Shemwell
January 12, 1990 (Age 81 years)
Death July 14, 1999 (Age 90 years)
Burial July 16, 1999 (2 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Laurel Oak Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: October 3, 1900Grayson, Kentucky, United States
10 months
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
McMarion Shemwell
Birth: January 28, 1904 36 28
Death: October 14, 1904Illinois, United States
4 years
elder brother
Hubert Roland Shemwell
Birth: August 5, 1907 39 31Greene, Missouri, United States
Death: January 12, 1990Excelsior Springs, Clay, Missouri, United States
17 months
herself
Annie Katherine Shemwell
Birth: January 3, 1909 41 33Pineville, McDonald, Missouri, United States
Death: July 14, 1999Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States

Annie Katherine Shemwell has 9 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Rev. Roland W Shemwell - Household

Exeter, Barry, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Shemwell, Roland W headMW42M10TNKYTNClergymanM E Church
Shemwell, EttawifeFW33M1043KYKYKY
Shemwell, DabneysonMW8SKYTNKY
Shemwell, Hubert RsonMW2SMOTNKY
Shemwell, Anna OdaughterFW1-4mSMOTNKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Rev. Roland W Shemwell - Household

Henry, Vernon, MO

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shemwell, Roland WheadMW52MTNIrelandIrishTNPreacherChurch
Shemwell, Hettie BwifeFW44MKYKYKY
Shemwell, Hubert RsonMW12SMOTNKY
Shemwell, Anna KdaughterFW11SMOTNKY

Says Rowlands father was born in Ireland

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Hettie Boyd “Etta” Layman - Household

Tebo, Henry, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shemwell, Hettie BheadFW55Wd25KYKYKY
Shemwell, Annie KdaughterFW21SMOTNKYTeacherPublic School

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Hettie Boyd “Etta” Layman - Household

Tebo, Henry, Missouri

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Shemwell, HettieXheadFW64WKYsame house
Shemwell, AnnieXdaughterFW31SMOsame houseTeacherGrade School