Wilbur ShemwellAge: 73 years1912–1986
- Name
- Wilbur Shemwell
- Given names
- Wilbur
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | July 2, 1912 30 Note: All other data concludes the date in the Kentucky Vital Record Indexes is incorrect –b. I'm almost certain his date of birth is 07/02/1912. - Barry Grogan. |
 Military | Deferred-Upset with FDR wouldn't serve WWII |
 Occupation | Minister - Holiness Church |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 3 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | John L Shemwell December 8, 1917 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 4 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 5 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/ |
| Birth of a half-sister | May Magdalene Staton May 6, 1919 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | May Magdalene Staton October 10, 1919 (Age 7 years) |
 Census | January 20, 1920 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Fanny Mitchell March 25, 1922 (Age 9 years) Cause: Pulmonary tuberculosis |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 17 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 1, 1930 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Esther Pearl Shemwell June 2, 1935 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Esther Pearl Shemwell August 27, 1935 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Uvella Euphreda Joyce Shemwell October 14, 1936 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | June Vondell Shemwell September 28, 1939 (Age 27 years) |
| Census | May 3, 1940 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Shirley Jelian Shemwell November 14, 1941 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 37 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Vickie Karen Shemwell February 12, 1954 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Deanna Faye Shemwell February 6, 1967 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Stephen Shemwell April 1971 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Stephen Shemwell April 1971 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a mother | Francis Pearl “Fannie” Shemwell September 23, 1973 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 | Beryl A “Burlie” Shemwell April 29, 1985 (Age 72 years) |
 Death | January 13, 1986 (Age 73 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery: Rose Hill Cemetery |
 Last change | March 11, 2020 – 19:01:03 by: Barry Shemwell |
| Family with parents |
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Francis Pearl “Fannie” Shemwell Birth: December 5, 1881 27 17 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: September 23, 1973 — Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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| elder brother |
Alton Echolas Shemwell Birth: January 29, 1905 23 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 20, 1992 — Palm Beach, Florida, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Beryl A “Burlie” Shemwell Birth: November 19, 1908 26 — Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 29, 1985 — Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years himself |
Wilbur Shemwell Birth: July 2, 1912 30 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 13, 1986 — Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Mother’s family with William Thomas “Tom” Mitchell |
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William Thomas “Tom” Mitchell Birth: 1879 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: before 1910 |
| mother |
Francis Pearl “Fannie” Shemwell Birth: December 5, 1881 27 17 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: September 23, 1973 — Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: June 1, 1898 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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4 months half-sister |
Fanny Mitchell Birth: October 12, 1898 19 16 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 25, 1922 — Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Mother’s family with Grover Cleveland Staton |
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Grover Cleveland Staton Birth: March 25, 1893 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 22, 1976 — Daviess, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Francis Pearl “Fannie” Shemwell Birth: December 5, 1881 27 17 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: September 23, 1973 — Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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May Magdalene Staton Birth: May 6, 1919 26 37 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: October 10, 1919 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Mother’s family with Frank Banovic |
| step-father |
Frank Banovic Birth: 1887 Death: April 18, 1971 |
| mother |
Francis Pearl “Fannie” Shemwell Birth: December 5, 1881 27 17 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: September 23, 1973 — Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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| Family with Virginia Lucille “Peggy” Flener |
| himself |
Wilbur Shemwell Birth: July 2, 1912 30 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 13, 1986 — Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Virginia Lucille “Peggy” Flener Birth: January 10, 1916 — Butler, Kentucky, United States Death: March 24, 1998 — Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| daughter |
Esther Pearl Shemwell Birth: June 2, 1935 22 19 — Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 27, 1935 — Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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16 months daughter |
Uvella Euphreda Joyce Shemwell Birth: October 14, 1936 24 20 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 24, 2015 — Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
June Vondell Shemwell Birth: September 28, 1939 27 23 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 21, 2015 — Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Shirley Jelian Shemwell Birth: November 14, 1941 29 25 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 27, 2009 — Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Vickie Karen Shemwell Birth: February 12, 1954 41 38 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: June 26, 2020 — Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Wilbur Shemwell has 4 first cousins recorded
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Mother's family (4)
Parents John William T Tate + Rosa L Shemwell
| Birth | All other data concludes the date in the Kentucky Vital Record Indexes is incorrect –b. I'm almost certain his date of birth is 07/02/1912. - Barry Grogan. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Grover O Staton - Household
Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Francis Pearl Shemwell - Household
Central City, Muhlenberg, Ky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Wilbur Shemwell - Household
Off of Highway 81 Toward Central City Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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