The Shemwell Family

Della AdamsAge: 73 years18811955

Name
Della Adams
Name prefix
Della
Surname
Adams
Birth June 1881 33 35

Birth of a sisterStella Adams
June 1881

Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Tony Adams
December 8, 1881 (Age 6 months)
Birth of a sisterHelen Adams
May 10, 1884 (Age 2 years)

Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Turvey Hagins
February 27, 1885 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterJewel Adams
June 1886 (Age 5 years)

Birth of a brotherWade Hampton “Hamp” Adams
October 1888 (Age 7 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas Ewin Gamble
January 17, 1896 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 years)
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
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 19 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMartha E Connally
June 5, 1900 (Age 19 years)
Death of a motherNancy Ann Gamble
August 16, 1916 (Age 35 years)
Death of a fatherFrancis Marion Adams
October 18, 1916 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 34 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 35 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 36 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 48 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 sisterOlive A “Ollie” Adams
1931 (Age 49 years)

Death of a sisterHelen Adams
1934 (Age 52 years)

Death of a brotherWilliam T Adams
1938 (Age 56 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 60 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 68 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 64 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 1955 (Age 73 years)

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father
mother
Marriage: 1866
13 years
elder sister
-11 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
23 months
elder sister
4 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
6 years
herself
1 month
twin sister
3 years
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother

Della Adams has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Francis Marion Adams - Household

Heard Georgia

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Adams, Francis MheadWMFeb184852M34GANCSC
Adams, NancywifeWF184654M341111ALSCGA
Adams, LenoradaughterWFAug187821S00GAAL
Adams, StelladaughterWFJun188119S00GAAL
Adams, HelendaughterWFMay188416S00GAAL
Adams, JeweldaughterWFJun188614S00GAAL
Adams, Wade HsonWMOct188811SGAAL
Adams, DelladaughterWFJun188119S00GAAL