Helen ShemwellAge: 92 years1908–2000
- Name
- Helen Shemwell
- Given names
- Helen
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Helen Bohannon
- Married name
- Helen Rousseau
 Birth | 1908 22 24 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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 | February 17, 1920 (Age 12 years) |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | Joseph Mason Shemwell May 9, 1925 (Age 17 years) Cause: Suicide |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 21 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 |
| Death of a mother | Ethel Otey Rousseau August 9, 1936 (Age 28 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1940 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Josephine “Josie” Gibbs November 15, 1940 (Age 32 years) |
 Marriage | James J Rousseau — View this family after 1940 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 42 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 husband | James J Rousseau June 10, 1967 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a father | Clifton “Cliff” Shemwell February 7, 1974 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 | Clyde S Shemwell May 27, 1982 (Age 74 years) |
 Death | October 6, 2000 (Age 92 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery: Oak Grove Cemetery |
 Last change | July 7, 2016 – 16:28:40 by: Barry Shemwell |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Clifton “Cliff” Shemwell Birth: November 7, 1885 26 18 Death: February 7, 1974 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Ethel Otey Rousseau Birth: July 27, 1883 Death: August 9, 1936 |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder brother |
Clyde S Shemwell Birth: September 30, 1906 20 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 27, 1982 — Kentucky, United States |
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2 years herself |
Helen Shemwell Birth: 1908 22 24 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 6, 2000 |
| Family with Private |
| husband |
Private |
| herself |
Helen Shemwell Birth: 1908 22 24 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 6, 2000 |
| Family with James J Rousseau |
| husband |
James J Rousseau Birth: August 2, 1907 Death: June 10, 1967 |
| herself |
Helen Shemwell Birth: 1908 22 24 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 6, 2000 |
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Marriage: after 1940 — |
Helen Shemwell has 8 first cousins recorded
Father's family (8)
Parents John Richard Bryant + Genie Belle Shemwell
Parents Ernest E Shemwell + Lenora A Huddleston
Parents William Herschel Huie + Vera Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Clifton “Cliff” Shemwell - Household
Paducah, McCracken, KY
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Clyde S Shemwell - Household
Paducah, McCracken, KY
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