The Shemwell Family

Ruby Marie ChaplinAge: 68 years19161984

Name
Ruby Marie Chaplin
Given names
Ruby Marie
Surname
Chaplin
Married name
Ruby Marie Shemwell
Birth October 31, 1916
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
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 2 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 14 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 12 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
#1Earl Raybon Shemwell
August 19, 1936 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2Daisy Mae Shemwell
October 18, 1937 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3Joyce Imogene Shemwell
April 3, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Census May 4, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4Anna Ruth Shemwell
March 31, 1941 (Age 24 years)
Death of a daughterAnna Ruth Shemwell
March 31, 1941 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#5Charles Franklin “Charlie” Shemwell
August 16, 1943 (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
Birth of a daughter
#6Nancy Marie Shemwell
April 6, 1949 (Age 32 years)
Marriage of a childRobert Leslie ShamwellDaisy Mae ShemwellView this family
December 28, 1953 (Age 37 years)
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
Birth of a grandson
#1Dewey Lee Shamwell
October 28, 1954 (Age 37 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#2Teresea Dee Shamwell
December 5, 1955 (Age 39 years)

Death of a grandsonDewey Lee Shamwell
March 24, 1956 (Age 39 years)
Death of a granddaughterTeresea Dee Shamwell
March 24, 1956 (Age 39 years)
Death of a daughterDaisy Mae Shemwell
March 24, 1956 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3James Kelly “Jamie” Crow Jr.
January 4, 1967 (Age 50 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
Marriage of a childCharles Franklin “Charlie” ShemwellShirley Elizabeth LoweView this family
April 1, 1978 (Age 61 years)
Death of a husbandRobert Earl Shemwell
December 18, 1980 (Age 64 years)
Death November 23, 1984 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Smith Cemetery
Family with Robert Earl Shemwell - View this family
husband
herself
daughter
Private
son
Earl Raybon ShemwellEarl Raybon Shemwell
Birth: August 19, 1936 24 19Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 21, 2019Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
14 months
daughter
3 years
daughter
Anna Ruth Shemwell
Birth: March 31, 1941 29 24Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 31, 1941Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private
son
Charles Franklin “Charlie” Shemwell
Birth: August 16, 1943 31 26Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 20, 2020Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
-3 years
daughter
Joyce Imogene Shemwell JoinerJoyce Imogene Shemwell
Birth: April 3, 1940 28 23Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 30, 2020Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Nancy Marie ShemwellNancy Marie Shemwell
Birth: April 6, 1949 37 32Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 6, 2002Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States

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