The Shemwell Family

Rainey Olan JewettAge: 89 years19162006

Name
Rainey Olan Jewett
Given names
Rainey Olan
Surname
Jewett
Birth August 8, 1916 22 20
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 4 months)

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 16 months)

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 sisterMaxine Agnes Jewett
October 13, 1928 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 13 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
Birth of a brotherRobert Franklin “Bob” Jewett
June 2, 1932 (Age 15 years)
Census May 27, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Death of a fatherBrainard Earl Jewett
February 2, 1942 (Age 25 years)
Marriage of a parentHumphreys Alonza PorterMary O KemmerView this family
after 1943 (Age 26 years)

Death of a maternal grandmotherEva Lesta Parham
July 25, 1944 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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
Census April 15, 1950 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 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 maternal grandfatherRobert E Kemmer
December 17, 1954 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 sisterMaxine Agnes Jewett
March 1978 (Age 61 years)
Death of a motherMary O Kemmer
1994 (Age 77 years)

Death May 20, 2006 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Spring City Memorial Gardens
Family with parents - View this family
father
Brainard Earl Jewett
Birth: May 14, 1894Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 2, 1942Grandview, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
mother
Marriage: September 3, 1915Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
11 months
himself
Rainey Olan Jewett
Birth: August 8, 1916 22 20Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 20, 2006Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
12 years
younger sister
Maxine Agnes Jewett
Birth: October 13, 1928 34 32Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 1978Spring City, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger brother
Robert Franklin “Bob” Jewett
Birth: June 2, 1932 38 35Grandview Terrace, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 12, 2015Ohio, United States
Mother’s family with Humphreys Alonza Porter - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: after 1943
Family with Anna Mae Reed - View this family
himself
Rainey Olan Jewett
Birth: August 8, 1916 22 20Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 20, 2006Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
wife
Anna Mae Reed
Birth: December 10, 1928Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 13, 2007Rhea, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Brainard Earl Jewett - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Jewett, EarlheadMW46MTNSame HouseFarmerFarm
Jewett, MaryXwifeFW42MTNSame House
Jewett, OlansonMW22STNSame HouseLaborerFarm
Jewett, MaxinedaughterFW11STNSame House
Jewett, BobbysonMW7STNSame House

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Rainey Olan Jewett - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Jewett, OlanheadMW33MarTN
Jewett, Anna MaewifeFW21MarTNTeachingSchool Teacher