The Shemwell Family

William E Sites1910–

Name
William E Sites
Given names
William E
Surname
Sites
Birth June 18, 1910 50 39
Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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 motherJane Eleanor Bunting
April 12, 1932 (Age 21 years)

Note: Middle Initial is incorrect.
Death of a fatherWilliam Adams Sites
November 30, 1937 (Age 27 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 39 years)
South Korea

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 brotherJames Briscoe Sites
May 10, 1962 (Age 51 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 years)
Vietnam

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
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father
William Adams Sites
Birth: November 13, 1859 — West Virginia, United States
Death: November 30, 1937
mother
Jane Eleanor Bunting
Birth: May 21, 1871 56 39 — Maryland, United States
Death: April 12, 1932
Marriage: July 25, 1902 — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
3 years
elder sister
Eleanor Sites
Birth: 1905 45 33
Death:
2 years
elder brother
James Briscoe Sites
Birth: 1906 46 34 — Delaware, United States
Death: May 10, 1962
5 years
himself
William E Sites
Birth: June 18, 1910 50 39 — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Death:

William E Sites has 14 first cousins recorded

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