The Shemwell Family

George Clark EllisAge: 48 years19021950

Name
George Clark Ellis
Given names
George Clark
Surname
Ellis
Birth about 1902
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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/
MarriageMyrtle Catherine GreenView this family
September 6, 1922 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Faye Ruth Ellis
October 16, 1928 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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 son
#2
Forrest Clark Ellis
about 1932 (Age 30 years)
Death of a sonForrest Clark Ellis
June 21, 1934 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Henry Keith “Buddy” Ellis
about 1937 (Age 35 years)

Death of a sonHenry Keith “Buddy” Ellis
about 1939 (Age 37 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 48 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 44 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 July 27, 1950 (Age 48 years)
Family with Myrtle Catherine Green - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: September 6, 1922Flathead, Montana, United States
6 years
daughter
Faye Ruth Ellis
Birth: October 16, 1928 26 27Montana, United States
Death: May 1977
4 years
son
Forrest Clark Ellis
Birth: about 1932 30 30Montana, United States
Death: June 21, 1934Eureka, Lincoln, Montana, United States
6 years
son
Vernie A Peltier + Myrtle Catherine Green - View this family
wife’s husband
Vernie A Peltier
Birth: July 16, 1901Montana, United States
Death: August 24, 1968Flathead, Montana, United States
wife
Marriage: December 1, 1956Eureka, Lincoln, Montana, United States

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