Grace May ShamwellAge: 98 years1909–2007
- Name
- Grace May Shamwell
- Given names
- Grace May
- Surname
- Shamwell
- Married name
- Grace May Oliver
- Married name
- Grace May Sillings
 Birth | 1909 41 42 |
 Birth of a brother | James Thomas “Tom” Shamwell October 23, 1909 |
 Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 15 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 7 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mildred Elizabeth “Millie” Armstrong February 16, 1917 (Age 8 years) Cause: Heart Failure |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 8 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 9 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 18, 1920 (Age 11 years) |
 Marriage | Alfred Euphrates “Phrates” Oliver — View this family October 28, 1929 (Age 20 years) |
| 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 |
| Birth of a son #1 | Euphrates Randolph Oliver August 27, 1930 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Elna Mae “Tippy” Oliver April 9, 1934 (Age 25 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1940 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a mother | Eliza Ann “Liza” Burkhart February 26, 1942 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a father | Henry Isaac Shamwell July 3, 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 |
| Death of a husband | Alfred Euphrates “Phrates” Oliver February 9, 1950 (Age 41 years) Cause: Pulmonary Tuberculosis |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 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 brother | Barney S Shamwell February 25, 1955 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Elna Mae “Tippy” Oliver January 26, 1961 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Samuel Franklin Shemwell February 23, 1968 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 | Henry Elmer Shamwell June 6, 1982 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a sister | Eva Lilly Shamwell November 26, 1982 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Thomas “Tom” Shamwell March 23, 1992 (Age 83 years) |
| Death of a son | Euphrates Randolph Oliver March 7, 1999 (Age 90 years) |
 Death | December 15, 2007 (Age 98 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Henry Isaac Shamwell Birth: October 14, 1867 67 36 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: July 3, 1943 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Eliza Ann “Liza” Burkhart Birth: June 1866 42 — Tennessee, United States Death: February 26, 1942 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: August 30, 1896 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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21 months elder sister |
Eva Lilly Shamwell Birth: May 29, 1898 30 31 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: November 26, 1982 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years elder brother |
Henry Elmer Shamwell Birth: August 1, 1903 35 37 — Kentucky, United States Death: June 6, 1982 — Ashland City, Cheatham, Tennessee, United States |
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23 months elder brother |
Barney S Shamwell Birth: June 21, 1905 37 39 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 25, 1955 — Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years herself |
Grace May Shamwell Birth: 1909 41 42 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 15, 2007 — Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States |
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10 months brother |
James Thomas “Tom” Shamwell Birth: October 23, 1909 42 43 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 23, 1992 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
| Father’s family with Rebecca Kennedy |
| father |
Henry Isaac Shamwell Birth: October 14, 1867 67 36 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: July 3, 1943 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| step-mother |
Rebecca Kennedy Death: |
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Marriage: November 11, 1888 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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10 months half-brother |
Samuel Franklin Shemwell Birth: September 11, 1889 21 — Tennessee, United States Death: February 23, 1968 |
| Family with Alfred Euphrates “Phrates” Oliver |
| husband |
Alfred Euphrates “Phrates” Oliver Birth: November 30, 1906 22 17 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 9, 1950 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Grace May Shamwell Birth: 1909 41 42 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 15, 2007 — Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States |
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Marriage: October 28, 1929 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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10 months son |
Euphrates Randolph Oliver Birth: August 27, 1930 23 21 — Ringgold, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: March 7, 1999 — Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Elna Mae “Tippy” Oliver Birth: April 9, 1934 27 25 — Hickory Point, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: January 26, 1961 — Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Family with Private |
| husband |
Private |
| herself |
Grace May Shamwell Birth: 1909 41 42 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 15, 2007 — Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Henry Isaac Shemwell - Household
Stamper Chapel Rd. Dist. 3 Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Henry Isaac Shemwell - Household
Long Hallow, Trigg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Alfred Euphrates “Phrates” Oliver - Household
Montgomery, Tennessee
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