The Shemwell Family

Katherine Louise UffelmanAge: 83 years19131997

Name
Katherine Louise Uffelman
Given names
Katherine Louise
Surname
Uffelman
Married name
Katherine Louise O'Hara
Birth December 30, 1913 28 22
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 brotherWalter Osman Uffelman Jr.
July 16, 1917 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 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 4 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/
Census January 7, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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 8, 1930 (Age 16 years)
MarriageJames Walter O'Hara JrView this family
December 25, 1934 (Age 20 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherOsman Samuel Uffelman
December 29, 1940 (Age 26 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Thomas McMillan
March 6, 1941 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Terry Walter O'Hara
August 12, 1941 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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
Census April 10, 1950 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 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 sonTerry Walter O'Hara
June 1, 1965 (Age 51 years)

Death of a fatherWalter Osman Uffelman
September 14, 1968 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 motherHattie Louise McMillan
January 5, 1988 (Age 74 years)
Death of a brotherWalter Osman Uffelman Jr.
April 25, 1988 (Age 74 years)
Death of a husbandJames Walter O'Hara Jr
October 25, 1990 (Age 76 years)

Death June 13, 1997 (Age 83 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenwood Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Walter Osman Uffelman
Birth: September 9, 1885 31Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 14, 1968Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
mother
Hattie Louise McMillan
Birth: October 27, 1891 35 30Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 5, 1988Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
herself
sister
Private
younger brother
Walter Osman Uffelman Jr.
Birth: July 16, 1917 31 25Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 25, 1988Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Family with James Walter O'Hara Jr - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: December 25, 1934Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States
7 years
son
Terry Walter O'Hara
Birth: August 12, 1941 29 27Tennessee, United States
Death: June 1, 1965

Katherine Louise Uffelman has 6 first cousins recorded

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - James Walter O'Hara Jr - Household

115 S Howell Ave Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
O'Hara, James W JrheadMW37MarTNKnitting InstructorHosiery Mill
O'Hara, Katherine LwifeFW36MarTN
O'Hara, Terry WsonMW8NevTN