Gertrude “Girdie” Shemwell1885–
- Name
- Gertrude “Girdie” Shemwell
- Given names
- Gertrude
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Nickname
- Girdie
- Married name
- Gertrude Howe
 Birth | October 7, 1885 40 21 |
 Marriage | … … — View this family unknown |
 Birth of a sister | Ruth Shemwell June 26, 1893 (Age 7 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 11, 1900 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Burgett Eugene “Bert” Shemwell November 14, 1909 (Age 24 years) |
| Census | April 30, 1910 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a father | Samuel Vanmeter Shemwell December 8, 1911 (Age 26 years) |
| Civil marriage | Charles Henry Howe — View this family August 15, 1912 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Charles Kensing “Kenny” Howe August 12, 1915 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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 22, 1920 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 43 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Burgett Eugene “Bert” Shemwell — Harriet Maxine Crotser — View this family about 1931 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a husband | Charles Henry Howe August 24, 1931 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Burgett Eugene Shemwell Jr. about 1932 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Joyce Shemwell April 10, 1933 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Burgett Eugene “Bert” Shemwell — Ethel Margaret Phelps — View this family December 31, 1938 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary S Troutt September 22, 1939 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Jacklyn Lee “Jackie” Howe October 19, 1939 (Age 54 years) |
| Census | May 12, 1940 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ruth Shemwell after November 1943 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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 64 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Burgett Eugene “Bert” Shemwell — Villa Bernice Smith — View this family June 18, 1970 (Age 84 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 60 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Burgett Eugene “Bert” Shemwell — Minnie Lena Kolbus — View this family August 8, 1980 (Age 94 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Burgett Eugene Shemwell Jr. before 1991 (Age 105 years) |
| Death of a son | Burgett Eugene “Bert” Shemwell March 16, 1991 (Age 105 years) |
| Death of a son | Charles Kensing “Kenny” Howe November 2, 1994 (Age 109 years) |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Samuel Vanmeter Shemwell Birth: March 24, 1845 26 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 8, 1911 — Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Mary S Troutt Birth: July 1864 — Washington, Illinois, United States Death: September 22, 1939 — Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: February 22, 1883 — |
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3 years herself |
Gertrude “Girdie” Shemwell Birth: October 7, 1885 40 21 — Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States Death: |
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8 years younger sister |
Ruth Shemwell Birth: June 26, 1893 48 28 — Pinckneyville, Perry, Illinois, United States Death: after November 1943 |
| Family with Charles Henry Howe |
| husband |
Charles Henry Howe Birth: February 1, 1882 — Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States Death: August 24, 1931 — East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States |
| herself |
Gertrude “Girdie” Shemwell Birth: October 7, 1885 40 21 — Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States Death: |
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Marriage: August 15, 1912 — Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, United States |
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3 years son |
Charles Kensing “Kenny” Howe Birth: August 12, 1915 33 29 — Collinsville, Madison, Illinois, United States Death: November 2, 1994 |
| Family with … … |
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| herself |
Gertrude “Girdie” Shemwell Birth: October 7, 1885 40 21 — Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States Death: |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
Burgett Eugene “Bert” Shemwell Birth: November 14, 1909 24 — Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States Death: March 16, 1991 — Murphysboro, Jackson, Illinois, United States |
Gertrude “Girdie” Shemwell has 46 first cousins recorded
Father's family (46)
Parents Joseph A Shemwell + Sarah A Ralston
Parents John Andrew Harris + George Ann Shemwell
Parents James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. + Columbia Jane Shemwell
Parents William Rastus “Raz” Harris + Mary Ann Shemwell
Parents William Luther Shemwell + Lucy M Gilliam
Parents William McKinley Shemwell + Sarah Permelia Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Samuel V Shemwell - Household
Nashville, Washington, Illinois
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Samuel V Shemwell - Household
Washington, Illinois, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles Howe - Household
Roy Ave Canteen, St Clair, Illinois
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Gertrude “Girdie” Shemwell - Household
Washington Park, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
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