The Shemwell Family

Ernest Norman GreeneAge: 96 years19122008

Name
Ernest Norman Greene
Given names
Ernest Norman
Surname
Greene
Birth February 28, 1912 39 35
Birth of a brotherArnold Sylvester Greene
August 18, 1914 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherLuther Pardee Greene
March 1, 1917 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 4 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 5 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/
Death of a paternal grandfatherElihu Greene
July 3, 1926 (Age 14 years)
Cause: Arteriosclerosis
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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 paternal grandmotherSarah Lucinda Gragg
November 11, 1931 (Age 19 years)
Cause: No doctor - Old Age?
Death of a brotherZiza James Greene
January 7, 1934 (Age 21 years)
Burial of a brotherZiza James Greene
January 9, 1934 (Age 21 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dorothea Dix Hospital Cemetery
Death of a brotherLuther Pardee Greene
May 27, 1935 (Age 23 years)
Burial of a brotherLuther Pardee Greene
May 28, 1935 (Age 23 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elihu Greene Cemetery
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 37 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 sisterOra Lucinda Greene
January 4, 1964 (Age 51 years)
Burial of a sisterOra Lucinda Greene
January 6, 1964 (Age 51 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Stony Fork Baptist Church Cemetery
Death of a motherNannie Lorena Simmons
January 24, 1964 (Age 51 years)
Death of a fatherClenard Mansfield Greene
February 6, 1964 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 brotherChilo Jefferson “Chike” Greene
April 27, 1980 (Age 68 years)
Death of a wifeHattie Hazel Greene
March 3, 1981 (Age 69 years)
Death of a sisterCora Octavia Greene
August 9, 1983 (Age 71 years)
Death of a sisterFlora Belle Greene
August 4, 1986 (Age 74 years)
Death of a brotherArnold Sylvester Greene
February 1, 1999 (Age 86 years)
Death October 26, 2008 (Age 96 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Stony Fork Baptist Church Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: August 23, 1893Watauga, North Carolina, United States
11 months
elder sister
9 months
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
Ziza James Greene
Birth: January 10, 1898 24 21Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 7, 1934Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder sister
Cora Octavia Greene
Birth: October 15, 1900 27 24Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 9, 1983Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
23 months
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
Infant Greene
Birth: January 16, 1906 32 29Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 21, 1906Watauga, North Carolina, United States
6 years
himself
Ernest Norman Greene
Birth: February 28, 1912 39 35Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 26, 2008Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger brother
Arnold Sylvester Greene
Birth: August 18, 1914 41 38Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 1, 1999Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger brother
Luther Pardee Greene
Birth: March 1, 1917 44 40Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 27, 1935North Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Family with Hattie Hazel Greene - View this family
himself
Ernest Norman Greene
Birth: February 28, 1912 39 35Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 26, 2008Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
wife
Hattie Hazel Greene
Birth: April 27, 1914 48 42Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 3, 1981Watauga, North Carolina, United States
daughter
Private
son
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son
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Ernest Norman Greene has 47 first cousins recorded

Father's family (47)

Parents Jacob Jess “Jake” Green + Anna Laura “Annie” Baker
2Inez Belinda Green18941976
6Edna Mae Green19031996
7Mary Irene Green19051993
8Elyn Rosalyn Green19081994
10Opal Luella Green19141998
Parents Roby Greene + Martha Irene Trivett
6Vonnie May Greene19102000
Parents Judson Gragg Greene + Amelia Anner Greene
1Infant Greene19021902
Parents David Samuel Lawrence + Nicy Elizabeth “Lizzie” Greene
Parents Albert Lee Smith + Nicy Elizabeth “Lizzie” Greene
1Sarah Lemery Smith18941918
Parents Copna Horton Greene + Sarah E Trivett
1Eva Arzola Greene18991966
Parents Copna Horton Greene + Fannie Beatrice Norris
1Mary Docia Greene19112010
3Reed Morris Greene19162006
4Doris Viola Greene19182010
8Bonnie Dare Greene19282006
Parents Clingman Elijah Trivett + Florence Louanna Greene
4Ven Vaughn Trivett19042004
Parents Thomas Green Miller + Sophia Catherine Greene
3Edel Vesta Miller19101993
4Greene Gar Miller19131918
5Isaac Elihu Miller19151997
8Sophia Miller19221922

Mother's family (0)