The Shemwell Family

Mildred A WoodfullAge: 48 years18991948

Name
Mildred A Woodfull
Given names
Mildred A
Surname
Woodfull
Married name
Mildred A Mitchell
Birth August 8, 1899
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 17 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 18 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/
MarriageHarry MitchellView this family
February 18, 1923 (Age 23 years)
Note: Says his father Tom is dead - he is not, death in 1924 -b
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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
Census April 3, 1930 (Age 30 years)
Census April 15, 1940 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 46 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 January 2, 1948 (Age 48 years)
Family with Harry Mitchell - View this family
husband
Harry Mitchell
Birth: July 27, 1901 45 22Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 15, 1968Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
herself
Mildred A Woodfull
Birth: August 8, 1899New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, United States
Death: January 2, 1948Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: February 18, 1923Clark, Indiana, United States

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Marriage
Says his father Tom is dead - he is not, death in 1924 -b
Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Harry Mitchell - Household

1020 Market Street Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Mitchell, HarryheadMW27M20TNKYTNPainterHouse
Mitchell, Mildred AwifeFW27M20INKYIN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Harry Mitchell - Household

1009 Logan Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Mitchell, HenryheadMW37MTNLouisvilleKYPainterPainter Contractor
Mitchell, Mildred AwifeFW28MINLouisvilleKY

Maybe wrong- Mildred is 28 and Henry not Harry -b