The Shemwell Family

Ethel HowardAge: 102 years18982001

Name
Ethel Howard
Given names
Ethel
Surname
Howard
Married name
Ethel O'Hara
Birth March 13, 1898

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 days)
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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 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 daughter
#1
Grace Earle O'Hara
September 20, 1918 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 18 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 19 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 31 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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
Marriage of a childRobert “Bob” WeinbergGrace Earle O'HaraView this family
after 1946 (Age 47 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 51 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 husbandGeorge Edward O'Hara
November 6, 1966 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 February 2, 2001 (Age 102 years)

Identification number
LR5N-ZTT
Type: FamilySearch

Family with George Edward O'Hara - View this family
husband
George Edward O'Hara
Birth: January 28, 1887Live Oak, Suwannee, Florida, United States
Death: November 6, 1966Alachua, Florida, United States
herself
daughter
Grace Earle O'Hara
Birth: September 20, 1918 31 20McAlpin, Suwannee, Florida, United States
Death: March 19, 2017Hawthorne, Alachua, Florida, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
son
Private

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