The Shemwell Family

Judson A ShemwellAge: 80 years19061986

Name
Judson A Shemwell
Given names
Judson A
Surname
Shemwell
Birth January 7, 1906 36 36

Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Jane Beer
February 6, 1906 (Age 30 days)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 4 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam David Shemwell
April 15, 1915 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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 8, 1920 (Age 14 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Alexander Shemwell
February 1, 1922 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn William Pring
November 25, 1922 (Age 16 years)
Note: From: Portrait and Biographical Record of the State of Colorado, 1899
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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 1, 1930 (Age 24 years)
MarriageLillian E MorrowView this family
August 30, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 34 years)
Death of a motherHenrietta Jane “Etta” Pring
May 11, 1941 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 43 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 brotherJohn William Shemwell
June 7, 1975 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 brotherClarence Henry Shemwell
June 1982 (Age 76 years)
Death of a sisterDorothy Pruitt “Mable” Shemwell
April 1, 1984 (Age 78 years)
Death August 1986 (Age 80 years)
Last change January 13, 201614:53:14

by: Barry Shemwell
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1891
5 years
elder sister
21 months
elder brother
18 months
elder sister
4 years
elder brother
John William Shemwell
Birth: August 21, 1903 34 33Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States
Death: June 7, 1975San Diego, California, United States
2 years
himself
Family with Lillian E Morrow - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: August 30, 1930Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States

Judson A Shemwell has 12 first cousins recorded