Margaret Dey ShemwellAge: 82 years1909–1991
- Name
- Margaret Dey Shemwell
- Given names
- Margaret Dey
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Margaret Dey Lash
 Birth | January 28, 1909 32 23 |
 Death of a paternal grandmother | Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Thompson February 21, 1916 (Age 7 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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 20 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 daughter #1 | Sally Forrest Lash October 20, 1932 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a father | Harold Shemwell January 4, 1936 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Catherine “Sallie” Borum January 3, 1938 (Age 28 years) |
 Census | May 28, 1940 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 40 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 mother | Sallie Borum Dey May 1967 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 | May 2, 1991 (Age 82 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: United States Military Academy Post Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Harold Shemwell Birth: August 17, 1876 46 38 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 4, 1936 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
| mother |
Sallie Borum Dey Birth: June 13, 1885 33 25 — Virginia, United States Death: May 1967 |
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Marriage: November 27, 1907 — Norfolk, Virginia, United States |
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14 months herself |
Margaret Dey Shemwell Birth: January 28, 1909 32 23 — Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States Death: May 2, 1991 — Brevard, Florida, United States |
| Father’s family with Ella May Doyle |
| father |
Harold Shemwell Birth: August 17, 1876 46 38 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 4, 1936 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
| step-mother |
Ella May Doyle Birth: 1879 — Nebraska, United States Death: |
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Marriage: July 5, 1901 — St. Joseph, Berrien, Michigan, United States |
| Family with Col. Percy Hotspur Lash Jr. |
| husband |
Col. Percy Hotspur Lash Jr. Birth: May 28, 1907 — Norfolk, Virginia, United States Death: March 15, 1995 — Brevard, Florida, United States |
| herself |
Margaret Dey Shemwell Birth: January 28, 1909 32 23 — Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States Death: May 2, 1991 — Brevard, Florida, United States |
| daughter |
Sally Forrest Lash Birth: October 20, 1932 25 23 — Ft. Lewis, Washington, United States Death: July 26, 2009 — Pittsford, Monroe, New York, United States |
| son |
Private |
| daughter |
Private |