The Shemwell Family

James Walter O'Hara JrAge: 78 years19121990

Name
James Walter O'Hara Jr
Given names
James Walter
Surname
O'Hara
Name suffix
Jr
Birth August 5, 1912
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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 17 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
MarriageKatherine Louise UffelmanView this family
December 25, 1934 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Terry Walter O'Hara
August 12, 1941 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 37 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 37 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 52 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 October 25, 1990 (Age 78 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenwood Cemetery
Family with Katherine Louise Uffelman - View this family
himself
wife
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

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