The Shemwell Family

Mancie Leander GreeneAge: 58 years18971955

Name
Mancie Leander Greene
Given names
Mancie Leander
Surname
Greene
Birth July 25, 1897 40 36
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 months)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Birth of a sisterMartha Pearl “Mattie” Greene
April 30, 1906 (Age 8 years)
Death of a motherMartha Lea Greene
April 30, 1906 (Age 8 years)
Death of a brotherPort E Green
October 4, 1906 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMabel Malinda “Linda” Watson
August 10, 1909 (Age 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Riley Greene
January 13, 1915 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 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 19 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 20 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 32 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 grandmotherSarah Lucinda Gragg
November 11, 1931 (Age 34 years)
Cause: No doctor - Old Age?
Death of a fatherHarvey R Greene
February 15, 1940 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 sisterGertie Emmeline Greene
December 10, 1949 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 52 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 48 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 August 16, 1955 (Age 58 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1880
14 months
elder sister
Sallie Truda Greene
Birth: February 25, 1881 24 19Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 12, 1892Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder brother
Port E Green
Birth: April 2, 1884 27 22Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 4, 1906Menallen, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
2 years
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
22 months
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
2 years
elder brother
2 years
himself
Mancie Leander Greene
Birth: July 25, 1897 40 36Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 16, 1955Watauga, North Carolina, United States
9 years
younger sister
Martha Pearl “Mattie” Greene
Birth: April 30, 1906 49 45Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 4, 1993Wilkes, North Carolina, United States