The Shemwell Family

William Caswell ShemwellAge: 66 years19151981

Name
William Caswell Shemwell
Given names
William Caswell
Surname
Shemwell
Birth August 21, 1915 29 24
Birth of a sisterRuby Mae Shemwell
July 29, 1918 (Age 2 years)
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 4 years)
Death of a sisterGrace Aurelia Shemwell
October 11, 1925 (Age 10 years)
Cause: ptomaine poisoning (food poisoning)
Burial of a sisterGrace Aurelia Shemwell
October 12, 1925 (Age 10 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McKee Chapel Cemetery
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Caswell Shemwell
March 27, 1927 (Age 11 years)
Census April 10, 1930 (Age 14 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 24 years)
Military service
Army Air Corp
between 1941 and 1945 (Age 25 years)

Death of a fatherWilliam Roley Shemwell
April 2, 1947 (Age 31 years)
Death of a wifeClara Ruth Cannon
July 18, 1978 (Age 62 years)

Occupation
KC ATA

Death August 27, 1981 (Age 66 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Chapel Hill Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: October 25, 1911
9 months
elder sister
Grace Aurelia Shemwell
Birth: August 5, 1912 26 20Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: October 11, 1925Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
11 months
elder sister
Pearl Bernice Shemwell
Birth: June 28, 1913 27 21Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: May 4, 1996Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States
2 years
himself
William Caswell Shemwell
Birth: August 21, 1915 29 24Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: August 27, 1981Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
3 years
younger sister
Ruby Mae Shemwell
Birth: July 29, 1918 32 26Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: May 30, 2016Villa Park, Orange, California, United States
Family with Clara Ruth Cannon - View this family
himself
William Caswell Shemwell
Birth: August 21, 1915 29 24Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: August 27, 1981Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
wife
son
Private

William Caswell Shemwell has 4 first cousins recorded

Father's family (4)

Parents Wiley Bolinger Shemwell + Emma Alice Tucker
2Private
3Private
4Private

Mother's family (0)

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William R Shemwell - Household

Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri

NameRelationTenSexRaceAgeMCYOIN/AYONEduBPFBPMBPNLEng?OccupationIndustryEmploy
William ShemwellheadMW34MMOKYINCarpenterRailroad
Nellie ShemwellwifeFW29MMOMOMO
Grace ShemwelldaughterFW7SMOMOMO
Pearl ShemwelldaughterFW6SMOMOMO
William ShemwellsonMW4SMOMOMO
Ruby ShemwelldaughterFW1SMOMOMO
Wiley Shemwellyounger brotherMW23SMOKYINCoach CleanerRailroad

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Roley Shemwell - Household

2934 Brown Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shemwell, William RheadMW42M25MOKYKYMachinistCity Water Works
Shemwell, Nellie MwifeFW37M20MOMOMO
Shemwell, PearldaughterFW16SMOMOMO
Shemwell, WilliamsonMW14SMOMOMO
Shemwell, RubydaughterFW11SMOMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - William Roley Shemwell - Household

1919 Paralle Avenue Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Shemwell, WilliamheadMW53MMOSame PlaceMachinery OperatorCity Water Dept.
Shemwell, NellieXwifeFW48MMOSame Place
Shemwell, WilliamsonMW24SMOSame PlaceMusicianPrivate Orchestra