The Shemwell Family

Name
Ollie James “Jamie” Collie
Given names
Ollie James
Surname
Collie
Nickname
Jamie
Birth March 7, 1904 42 35
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 6 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah E Williamson
September 10, 1913 (Age 9 years)
Cause: Old Age
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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 13, 1920 (Age 15 years)
MarriageTennie Reba WaltersView this family
about 1925 (Age 20 years)

Death of a fatherWilliam Ferel Collie
March 25, 1925 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mildred L Collie
November 13, 1928 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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 14, 1930 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Ruby Nelle Collie
August 21, 1932 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#3
William Louis Collie
December 26, 1934 (Age 30 years)
Census April 20, 1940 (Age 36 years)
Death of a motherElla N Shemwell
July 12, 1940 (Age 36 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Sandra Kay Sledd
August 30, 1949 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Ronnie Dale Sledd
December 29, 1950 (Age 46 years)

Death of a grandsonRonnie Dale Sledd
December 30, 1950 (Age 46 years)

Birth of a grandson
#3
Johnny Ray Sledd
April 2, 1952 (Age 48 years)

Death of a grandsonJohnny Ray Sledd
April 2, 1952 (Age 48 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Sherry Lynn Sledd
November 28, 1953 (Age 49 years)

Death of a granddaughterSherry Lynn Sledd
November 28, 1953 (Age 49 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 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 brotherRollie G Collie
July 31, 1962 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 August 9, 1981 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Wallace Cemetery #1
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