The Shemwell Family

Birth June 9, 1911 25 18
Birth of a brotherThomas Elzie Burke
April 25, 1913 (Age 22 months)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJosiah McKinney Carr “Dock” Stagner
January 11, 1915 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterOra Mae Burke
January 24, 1915 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterJohn Delbert Burke
November 22, 1916 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Raymond Burke
July 26, 1919 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherHershel Melvin Burke
February 3, 1922 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterVonnie Elizabeth Burke
March 13, 1924 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherCharles Owen Burke
May 3, 1927 (Age 15 years)
Death of a brotherJames Raymond Burke
September 29, 1942 (Age 31 years)
Death of a fatherErnest Ewing Burke
December 17, 1942 (Age 31 years)
Death of a brotherHershel Melvin Burke
May 10, 1943 (Age 31 years)
Death of a sisterVonnie Elizabeth Burke
September 26, 1944 (Age 33 years)
Death April 27, 1974 (Age 62 years)

Family with parents
father Parents Thomas Burke Sarah Cox	Ernest Ewing Burke 1886–1942
mother Parents Josiah McKinney Carr “Dock” Stagner Elizabeth Demarious “Bette” Shemwell	Maude Gertrude “Maudie” Stagner 1892–1979
himself Family (none)	Clarence Ewing Burke 1911–1974
younger brother Family Frankie Robinson Private Private Private Private Private Lola Alice Powell Private Private	Thomas Elzie Burke 1913–1988
younger sister Family John Luther Brown	Ora Mae Burke 1915–1997
younger sister Family (none)	John Delbert Burke 1916–2011
younger brother Family (none)	James Raymond Burke 1919–1942
younger brother Family (none)	Hershel Melvin Burke 1922–1943
younger sister Family (none)	Vonnie Elizabeth Burke 1924–1944
younger brother Family (none)	Charles Owen Burke 1927–2004