The Shemwell Family

Mary Bernadine Hester1915

Name
Mary Bernadine Hester
Given names
Mary Bernadine
Surname
Hester
Birth March 22, 1915 35 39
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 21 months)

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 2 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/
Death of a paternal grandmotherAugustine America “Gussie” Shemwell
April 19, 1921 (Age 6 years)
Cause: Senile Dementia
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames William Hester
July 2, 1926 (Age 11 years)
Cause: Dysentery
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 fatherAlton Bell Hester
December 26, 1949 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 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 motherMoodie B Templeton
1971 (Age 55 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 brotherGarland W Hester
June 22, 1984 (Age 69 years)

Death of a brotherAugustus Bell “Andy” Hester
June 9, 1995 (Age 80 years)
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Marriage: 1906
2 years
elder brother
Augustus Bell “Andy” Hester
Birth: April 19, 1908 28 32Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 9, 1995Christian, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder brother
Garland W Hester
Birth: September 30, 1910 30 34Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 22, 1984
2 years
elder brother
Milburn E Hester
Birth: January 25, 1913 33 37Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death:
2 years
herself
Mary Bernadine Hester
Birth: March 22, 1915 35 39Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death:

Mary Bernadine Hester has 14 first cousins recorded