The Shemwell Family

Edna Lee “Betty” BradyAge: 65 years19021967

Name
Edna Lee “Betty” Brady
Given names
Edna Lee
Surname
Brady
Married name
Edna Lee Tenzer
Married name
Edna Lee Remer
Nickname
Betty
Birth July 6, 1902 33 30
Death of a paternal grandmotherMartha Jane Gayle
November 15, 1902 (Age 4 months)
Death of a maternal grandfatherGeorge Morton Shemwell
July 29, 1904 (Age 2 years)
Marriage of a parentJames Harvey LuceLouella “Lula” Carrie ShemwellView this family
May 3, 1915 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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/
Death of a motherLouella “Lula” Carrie Shemwell
January 15, 1922 (Age 19 years)
Cause: Cancer
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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 8, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Death of a fatherGeorge William Brady
July 5, 1934 (Age 31 years)
Cause: Suicide
Death of a brotherWilliam Jesse Brady
July 26, 1936 (Age 34 years)
Cause: heat stroke
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 37 years)
Civil marriageSamuel RemerView this family
November 14, 1941 (Age 39 years)
Death of a brotherAndrew Louis Brady
March 1, 1942 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 47 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 December 20, 1967 (Age 65 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1890
-14 months
elder brother
William Jesse Brady
Birth: November 9, 1888 19 17Missouri, United States
Death: July 26, 1936Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
3 years
elder sister
Virginia Gayle Brady
Birth: November 24, 1891 22 20Missouri, United States
Death: April 5, 1983Los Angeles, California, United States
4 years
elder brother
Andrew Louis Brady
Birth: May 15, 1895 26 23Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: March 1, 1942Dumfries, Prince William, Virginia, United States
7 years
herself
Edna Lee “Betty” Brady
Birth: July 6, 1902 33 30Nebraska, United States
Death: December 20, 1967Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Mother’s family with Charles Williams - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: May 25, 1889Nelson, Saline, Missouri, United States
Mother’s family with James Harvey Luce - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: May 3, 1915Jackson, Missouri, United States
Family with Samuel Tenzer - View this family
husband
herself
Edna Lee “Betty” Brady
Birth: July 6, 1902 33 30Nebraska, United States
Death: December 20, 1967Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
daughter
Private
Family with Samuel Remer - View this family
husband
Samuel Remer
Birth: July 8, 1908Massachusetts, United States
Death: February 3, 1983Massachusetts, United States
herself
Edna Lee “Betty” Brady
Birth: July 6, 1902 33 30Nebraska, United States
Death: December 20, 1967Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: November 14, 1941Pulaski, Arkansas, United States

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Edna Lee “Betty” Brady - Household

Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States

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