Myrtie Mae WhiteAge: 84 years1914–1998
- Name
- Myrtie Mae White
- Given names
- Myrtie Mae
- Surname
- White
- Married name
- Myrtie Mae Harris
 Birth | June 9, 1914 23 18 |
 Marriage | Raymond Harris — View this family unknown |
 Birth of a brother | John Wiley White August 6, 1915 (Age 13 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Roy Jackson “R J” White September 10, 1916 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 18 months)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 2 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 3 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 15, 1920 (Age 5 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 |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John Washington White February 8, 1932 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Marjorie Louise Harris June 29, 1936 (Age 22 years) |
| Census | May 3, 1940 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Permelia Sherrod May 8, 1940 (Age 25 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 |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Wiley “Buck” Shemwell December 5, 1953 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Harold Gene Lee May 6, 1968 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Betty Shemwell November 12, 1969 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a father | Walter Jackson White January 15, 1974 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 husband | Raymond Harris September 3, 1981 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a brother | Roy Jackson “R J” White May 31, 1990 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Wiley White October 3, 1992 (Age 78 years) |
 Death | July 14, 1998 (Age 84 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Walter Jackson White Birth: February 12, 1891 42 42 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: January 15, 1974 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Mary Betty Shemwell Birth: February 8, 1896 26 24 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: November 12, 1969 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: November 24, 1912 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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18 months herself |
Myrtie Mae White Birth: June 9, 1914 23 18 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: July 14, 1998 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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14 months younger brother |
John Wiley White Birth: August 6, 1915 24 19 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: October 3, 1992 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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13 months younger brother |
Roy Jackson “R J” White Birth: September 10, 1916 25 20 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: May 31, 1990 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Raymond Harris |
| husband |
Raymond Harris Birth: October 18, 1913 30 20 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: September 3, 1981 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Myrtie Mae White Birth: June 9, 1914 23 18 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: July 14, 1998 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Marjorie Louise Harris Birth: June 29, 1936 22 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: November 13, 2023 — Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
Myrtie Mae White has 26 first cousins recorded
Father's family (5)
Parents Noble John Shemwell + Cora Jane White
Mother's family (21)
Parents Noble John Shemwell + Cora Jane White
Parents Marcellus C “Cell” Slaughter + Delia P Shemwell
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Parents Milburn Coy Dorris + Etta Mae Shemwell
Parents Zelma Lee Phillips + Laurene Carrie Shemwell
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Parents Finis N Shemwell + Mary Virginia Snead
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Walter Jackson White - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Raymond Harris - Household
Todd, Kentucky
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