The Shemwell Family

Thomas Alonzo CurtisAge: 86 years19182005

Name
Thomas Alonzo Curtis
Given names
Thomas Alonzo
Surname
Curtis
Birth September 5, 1918 23 17
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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

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 brotherThurman Eugene Curtis
April 15, 1922 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 11 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 grandfatherHenry Eaton Carter
February 20, 1930 (Age 11 years)
Death of a motherDulcie Jewell Carter
April 1, 1933 (Age 14 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMargaret P Lashlee
May 9, 1933 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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 31 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 27 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 fatherJones Arther Curtis
August 1992 (Age 73 years)
Death of a brotherThurman Eugene Curtis
April 7, 1998 (Age 79 years)
Death June 13, 2005 (Age 86 years)
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father
Jones Arther Curtis
Birth: April 1, 1895McEwen, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 1992McEwen, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
mother
Dulcie Jewell Carter
Birth: October 16, 1900 21 20Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 1, 1933Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:
himself
Thomas Alonzo Curtis
Birth: September 5, 1918 23 17Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 13, 2005Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger brother
Thurman Eugene Curtis
Birth: April 15, 1922 27 21Tennessee, United States
Death: April 7, 1998Tennessee, United States

Thomas Alonzo Curtis has 2 first cousins recorded