Emma C ShemwellAge: 67 years1906–1974
- Name
- Emma C Shemwell
- Given names
- Emma C
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Emma C Ward
 Birth | July 24, 1906 37 25 |
 Marriage of a parent | Clinton DeWitt Godfrey — Ida Lee Williams — View this family estimated December 1909 (Age 3 years) |
 Census | May 10, 1910 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Grace Parlee “Gracie” Godfrey October 28, 1911 (Age 5 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | William Trigg — Ida Lee Williams — View this family May 18, 1916 (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 1920 (Age 13 years) |
 Marriage | Frank Ward — View this family July 29, 1925 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Frank Lafayette Ward September 10, 1926 (Age 20 years) |
| 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 3, 1930 (Age 23 years) |
| Census | June 25, 1940 (Age 33 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 mother | Ida Lee Williams June 19, 1963 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a husband | Frank Ward March 20, 1970 (Age 63 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 | about February 26, 1974 (Age 67 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hobbs Chapel Cemetery |
 Last change | May 28, 2016 – 15:06:10 by: Barry Shemwell |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas Shemwell Birth: 1869 54 34 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
| mother |
Ida Lee Williams Birth: April 11, 1881 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 19, 1963 — Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: April 27, 1901 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Andrew Jackson “A J” Shemwell Birth: July 22, 1904 35 23 — Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: June 10, 1996 — Sikeston, Scott, Missouri, United States |
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2 years herself |
Emma C Shemwell Birth: July 24, 1906 37 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: about February 26, 1974 — Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, United States |
| Mother’s family with Clinton DeWitt Godfrey |
| step-father |
Clinton DeWitt Godfrey Birth: December 1859 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
| mother |
Ida Lee Williams Birth: April 11, 1881 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 19, 1963 — Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: estimated December 1909 — New Madrid, Missouri, United States |
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23 months half-sister |
Grace Parlee “Gracie” Godfrey Birth: October 28, 1911 51 30 — Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States Death: June 27, 2001 — Thomas, Custer, Oklahoma, United States |
| Mother’s family with William Trigg |
| step-father |
William Trigg Birth: estimated 1863 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
| mother |
Ida Lee Williams Birth: April 11, 1881 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 19, 1963 — Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: May 18, 1916 — Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States |
| Mother’s family with Private |
| step-father |
Private |
| mother |
Ida Lee Williams Birth: April 11, 1881 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 19, 1963 — Lilbourn, New Madrid, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Frank Ward |
| husband |
Frank Ward Birth: April 8, 1891 — Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States Death: March 20, 1970 — Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Emma C Shemwell Birth: July 24, 1906 37 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: about February 26, 1974 — Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, United States |
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Marriage: July 29, 1925 — Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States |
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13 months son |
Frank Lafayette Ward Birth: September 10, 1926 35 20 — Chester, Randolph, Illinois, United States Death: April 2, 1985 — Golden Meadow, Lafourche, Louisiana, United States |
Emma C Shemwell has 15 first cousins recorded
Father's family (15)
Parents Mark Monroe Weaks + Georgia Ann Shemwell
Parents William Henry Shemwell + Julia A McMillan
Parents Joseph Zachariah “Joe” Shemwell + Nancy Ann “Anna” McMillan
Parents James Elbert Shemwell + Margaret Caroline “Maggie” Miller
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Godfrey Clinton - Household
New Madrid, New Madrid, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Trigg - Household
1920 La Font New Madrid Missouri
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Frank Ward - Household
McClure, Alexander, Illinois
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Frank Ward - Household
McClure, Alexander, Illinois
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