The Shemwell Family

Mattie Frances ShamwellAge: 50 years19261976

Name
Mattie Frances Shamwell
Given names
Mattie Frances
Surname
Shamwell
Birth about 1926 20 19
Marriage of parentsBarney S ShamwellMyrtle Maybelle ShyerView this family
September 29, 1928 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 3 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 brotherRobert Leslie Shamwell
October 24, 1930 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherDewey Lee Shamwell
September 17, 1937 (Age 11 years)
Death of a brotherDewey Lee Shamwell
November 25, 1939 (Age 13 years)
Census April 13, 1940 (Age 14 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherEliza Ann Burkhart
February 26, 1942 (Age 16 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherHenry Isaac Shamwell
July 3, 1943 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 15 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 24 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 fatherBarney S Shamwell
February 25, 1955 (Age 29 years)
Death of a brotherRobert Leslie Shamwell
March 24, 1956 (Age 30 years)
Death of a motherMyrtle Maybelle Shyer
February 10, 1966 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 20 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 September 27, 1976 (Age 50 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 29, 1928Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
-21 months
herself
Mattie Frances Shamwell
Birth: about 1926 20 19Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 27, 1976Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
5 years
younger brother
7 years
younger brother
Dewey Lee Shamwell
Birth: September 17, 1937 32 30Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 25, 1939Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Mother’s family with Private - View this family
step-father
Private
mother

Mattie Frances Shamwell has 14 first cousins recorded