The Shemwell Family

Geneva Ianthia EllisAge: 71 years19111982

Name
Geneva Ianthia Ellis
Given names
Geneva Ianthia
Surname
Ellis
Married name
Geneva Ianthia Hinson
Birth May 8, 1911 42 32
Birth of a sisterVerna Aline Ellis
May 14, 1916 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a maternal grandmotherZerutus Doretta Morris
June 13, 1917 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherIra Louis Ellis Jr.
October 18, 1918 (Age 7 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 5 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 6 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/
Birth of a brotherWilliam H Ellis
November 2, 1921 (Age 10 years)
Death of a half-sisterEdna May Ellis
September 3, 1922 (Age 11 years)
Cause: Gunshot - Accidental
Note: Had no doctor. Instant death from accidental discharge of shot gun in hands of 8 year old boy (Troy Shemwell)
Burial of a half-sisterEdna May Ellis
September 4, 1922 (Age 11 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Standing Rock Cemetery
MarriageEdgar Lafayette HinsonView this family
January 22, 1928 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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 maternal grandfatherJames Knox Polk Stagner
July 7, 1935 (Age 24 years)
Death of a motherLucy Evelyn Stagner
July 6, 1944 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 fatherIra Louis Ellis
September 2, 1946 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 half-sisterVera Clair Ellis
February 24, 1955 (Age 43 years)
Death of a half-brotherThomas Marshall Ellis
April 10, 1962 (Age 50 years)
Death of a husbandEdgar Lafayette Hinson
July 3, 1963 (Age 52 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam H Ellis
October 19, 1963 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 brotherIra Louis Ellis Jr.
December 27, 1976 (Age 65 years)

Death September 12, 1982 (Age 71 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: April 12, 1906Stewart, Tennessee, United States
10 months
elder sister
Reva E Ellis
Birth: February 7, 1907 37 28Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 9, 1996Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
4 years
herself
Geneva Ianthia Ellis
Birth: May 8, 1911 42 32Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 12, 1982Pulaski, Kentucky, United States
5 years
younger sister
Verna Aline Ellis
Birth: May 14, 1916 47 37Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 8, 1996Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
2 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
William H Ellis
Birth: November 2, 1921 52 42Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 19, 1963Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Father’s family with Cassandra Ruth “Sandy” Carr - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: November 1, 1892Stewart, Tennessee, United States
13 months
half-sister
Vera Clair Ellis
Birth: November 25, 1893 24 19Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 24, 1955Sheffield, Colbert, Alabama, United States
20 months
half-sister
Edna May Ellis
Birth: July 23, 1895 26 21Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 3, 1922Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
23 months
half-brother
Thomas Marshall Ellis
Birth: June 9, 1897 28 23Tennessee, United States
Death: April 10, 1962Fort Myers, Lee, Florida, United States
Mother’s family with Samuel J Bumpus - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: July 28, 1903Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Family with Edgar Lafayette Hinson - View this family
husband
Edgar Lafayette Hinson
Birth: May 18, 1903Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 3, 1963Stewart, Tennessee, United States
herself
Geneva Ianthia Ellis
Birth: May 8, 1911 42 32Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 12, 1982Pulaski, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: January 22, 1928Stewart, Tennessee, United States