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Mary Nell FitzhughAge: 87 years19182005

Name
Mary Nell Fitzhugh
Given names
Mary Nell
Surname
Fitzhugh
Married name
Mary Nell Newman
Birth July 8, 1918
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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 11 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
Birth of a son
#1
Marl Thomas Newman
September 4, 1939 (Age 21 years)
Census April 25, 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
Census April 26, 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
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 sonMarl Thomas Newman
December 31, 1988 (Age 70 years)
Death of a husbandLewis D “L D” Newman
May 16, 1996 (Age 77 years)
Death July 22, 2005 (Age 87 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Carter Creek Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
Family with Lewis D “L D” Newman - View this family
husband
Lewis D “L D” Newman
Birth: September 22, 1912 32 34Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 16, 1996Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
herself
Mary Nell Fitzhugh
Birth: July 8, 1918Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 22, 2005Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
son
Marl Thomas Newman
Birth: September 4, 1939 26 21Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 31, 1988Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
daughter
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son
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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Lewis D “L D” Newman - Household

Hwy 171 Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Newman, L DheadMW27MKYsame placeFarmerFarm
Newman, Mary NwifeFW21MKYsame place
Newman, Marl TsonMW7mSKY