The Shemwell Family

June Ruby BillingsleyAge: 74 years19181993

Name
June Ruby Billingsley
Given names
June Ruby
Surname
Billingsley
Married name
June Ruby Wood
Married name
June Ruby Looney
Birth October 6, 1918 27 26
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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

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 15, 1920 (Age 15 months)
Death of a motherJennie Brewster
February 29, 1920 (Age 16 months)
Death of a paternal grandmotherTempie Ann “Annie” O'Neal
September 18, 1921 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a half-brotherColonel Henry Billingsley Jr.
May 24, 1923 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 10 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 16, 1930 (Age 11 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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
Death of a paternal grandfatherGeorge Franklin Billingsley
March 27, 1950 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 31 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 fatherColonel Henry Billingsley
July 11, 1970 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 27 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 half-brotherColonel Henry Billingsley Jr.
May 15, 1992 (Age 73 years)
Death September 21, 1993 (Age 74 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Jennie Brewster
Birth: August 28, 1892Georgia, United States
Death: February 29, 1920Saline, Arkansas, United States
brother
Private
herself
June Ruby Billingsley
Birth: October 6, 1918 27 26Bauxite, Saline, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 21, 1993Lone Pine, Inyo, California, United States
Father’s family with Rachal Marie Herbert - View this family
father
step-mother
Rachal Marie Herbert
Birth: February 14, 1902Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: October 30, 1991Bishop, Inyo, California, United States
half-brother
Colonel Henry Billingsley Jr.
Birth: May 24, 1923 32 21Bauxite, Saline, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 15, 1992Fallon, Churchill, Nevada, United States
half-brother
Private
Family with George E Wood - View this family
husband
herself
June Ruby Billingsley
Birth: October 6, 1918 27 26Bauxite, Saline, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 21, 1993Lone Pine, Inyo, California, United States
daughter
Private
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husband
Private
herself
June Ruby Billingsley
Birth: October 6, 1918 27 26Bauxite, Saline, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 21, 1993Lone Pine, Inyo, California, United States

June Ruby Billingsley has 26 first cousins recorded