The Shemwell Family

Robert Lane KemmerAge: 49 years19031953

Name
Robert Lane Kemmer
Given names
Robert Lane
Surname
Kemmer
Birth July 19, 1903 32 29
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Lowe “Lizzie” Crook
November 3, 1904 (Age 15 months)
Birth of a sisterLillie Joan Kemmer
April 26, 1907 (Age 3 years)
Census May 10, 1910 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherHugh Edward Kemmer
July 12, 1910 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherAndrew Ralph Kemmer
July 2, 1913 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterEva Beatrice Kemmer
June 20, 1916 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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 maternal grandfatherWilliam Johnson Parham
June 7, 1919 (Age 15 years)
Census January 6, 1920 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Elizabeth Ford
March 17, 1927 (Age 23 years)
MarriageMildred Katherine SwanView this family
August 4, 1928 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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
Death of a brotherAndrew Ralph Kemmer
July 3, 1941 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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
Death of a brotherLester Eugene Kemmer
September 16, 1947 (Age 44 years)
Death of a fatherCharles Edward “Charley” Kemmer
January 19, 1951 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 46 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 42 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 January 9, 1953 (Age 49 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Grassy Cove Methodist Church Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1897
15 months
elder brother
Lester Eugene Kemmer
Birth: March 21, 1898 27 24Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 16, 1947Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
Charles Leither Kemmer
Birth: November 15, 1900 30 27Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 15, 1968Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States
3 years
himself
Robert Lane Kemmer
Birth: July 19, 1903 32 29Tennessee, United States
Death: January 9, 1953Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger sister
Lillie Joan Kemmer
Birth: April 26, 1907 36 33Spring City, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 26, 1997Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Hugh Edward Kemmer
Birth: July 12, 1910 39 36Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 20, 2001Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Andrew Ralph Kemmer
Birth: July 2, 1913 42 39Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 3, 1941Red Boiling Springs, Macon, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Family with Mildred Katherine Swan - View this family
himself
Robert Lane Kemmer
Birth: July 19, 1903 32 29Tennessee, United States
Death: January 9, 1953Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
wife
Mildred Katherine Swan
Birth: August 12, 1909Grassy Cove, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 27, 1995Crab Orchard, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: August 4, 1928Cumberland, Tennessee, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Charles E Kemmer - Household

Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Kemmer, Charles EheadMW39M113TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Kemmer,NettiewifeFW36M11344TNTNTN
Kemmer, LestersonMW12STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome Farm
Kemmer, LethersonMW9STNTNTN
Kemmer, LanesonMW6STNTNTN
Kemmer, LilliedaughterFW3STNTNTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles E Kemmer - Household

Grassycone, Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Kemmer, CharleyheadMW50MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Kemmer, NettiewifeFW46MTNTNTN
Kemmer, LeithersonMW19STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome Farm
Kemmer, LanesonMW16STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome Farm
Kemmer, LilliedaughterFW12STNTNTN
Kemmer, HughsonMW9STNTNTN
Kemmer, AndrewsonMW6STNTNTN
Kemmer, BeatricedaughterFW3STNTNTN