Ernestine Leo ShemwellAge: 92 years1911–2003
- Name
- Ernestine Leo Shemwell
- Given names
- Ernestine Leo
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Ernestine Leo Jernigan
- Married name
- Ernestine Leo Clark
- Married name
- Ernestine Leo Bender
 Birth | July 3, 1911 23 19 |
 Birth of a brother | Victor Murdoch Shemwell June 14, 1913 (Age 23 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 | January 13, 1920 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Joseph Mason Shemwell May 9, 1925 (Age 13 years) Cause: Suicide |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 18 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 10, 1930 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Michael Vann Jernigan April 18, 1936 (Age 24 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1940 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Josephine “Josie” Gibbs November 15, 1940 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 |
| Census | 1945 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a father | Ernest E Shemwell March 23, 1950 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Alice Lenora Scott November 26, 1950 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 husband | Allen Orman Jernigan June 1, 1959 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a mother | Lenora Alice “Lenore” Huddleston November 4, 1966 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a son | Michael Vann Jernigan October 29, 1974 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 brother | Victor Murdoch Shemwell July 9, 1994 (Age 83 years) |
 Death | August 27, 2003 (Age 92 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Ernest E Shemwell Birth: November 11, 1887 28 20 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 23, 1950 — New York, United States |
| mother |
Lenora Alice “Lenore” Huddleston Birth: May 24, 1892 20 — Melber, McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: November 4, 1966 — Lee, Florida, United States |
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Marriage: September 1, 1910 — Massac, Illinois, United States |
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Divorce: April 1932 — Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States |
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10 months herself |
Ernestine Leo Shemwell Birth: July 3, 1911 23 19 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: August 27, 2003 |
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23 months younger brother |
Victor Murdoch Shemwell Birth: June 14, 1913 25 21 — Melber, McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: July 9, 1994 — Polk, Florida, United States |
| Family with Allen Orman Jernigan |
| husband |
Allen Orman Jernigan Birth: March 23, 1898 — Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States Death: June 1, 1959 — Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States |
| herself |
Ernestine Leo Shemwell Birth: July 3, 1911 23 19 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: August 27, 2003 |
| son |
Michael Vann Jernigan Birth: April 18, 1936 38 24 — Alabama, United States Death: October 29, 1974 — Hillsborough, Florida, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Ernest E Shemwell - Household
1156 North Blvd East Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Ernest E Shemwell - Household
1609 Anderson Ave Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Allen O Jernigan - Household
2015 South 13th. St. Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama
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