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Edith Dorene DouglasAge: 88 years19232012

Name
Edith Dorene Douglas
Given names
Edith Dorene
Surname
Douglas
Married name
Edith Dorene Shemwell
Birth December 17, 1923 34 31
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 5 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 17 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 5, 1950 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 26 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 22 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 husbandWilliam Thomas Shemwell
February 1, 1983 (Age 59 years)
Cause: Heart Attack
Death July 7, 2012 (Age 88 years)
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Edith Dorene Douglas
Birth: December 17, 1923 34 31Albany, Linn, Oregon, United States
Death: July 7, 2012Albany, Linn, Oregon, United States
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husband
William Thomas Shemwell
Birth: January 8, 1922 34 33Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 1, 1983Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
herself
Edith Dorene Douglas
Birth: December 17, 1923 34 31Albany, Linn, Oregon, United States
Death: July 7, 2012Albany, Linn, Oregon, United States
daughter
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husband
William Thomas Shemwell
Birth: January 8, 1922 34 33Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 1, 1983Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
husband’s wife
Dorothy Elizabeth Carney
Birth: July 20, 1925 30 16Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 21, 1987Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
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