The Shemwell Family

Bertha E Shinn1896

Name
Bertha E Shinn
Given names
Bertha E
Surname
Shinn
Married name
Bertha E Hewell
Birth about 1896
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 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 21 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 22 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/
Birth of a son
#1
James Alfred Hewell
October 10, 1920 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Dorothy Amanda Hewell
July 5, 1922 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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 8, 1930 (Age 34 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Wayne Hewell
December 31, 1947 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 54 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 husbandWilliam Allen Hewell Jr.
April 1970 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 50 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 sonJames Alfred Hewell
August 16, 1990 (Age 94 years)
Death of a daughterDorothy Amanda Hewell
July 4, 2003 (Age 107 years)
Deathunknown

Family with William Allen Hewell Jr. - View this family
husband
herself
son
James Alfred Hewell
Birth: October 10, 1920 33 24Sullivan, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 16, 1990Guthrie, Todd, Kentucky, United States
21 months
daughter
Dorothy Amanda Hewell
Birth: July 5, 1922 35 26Bristol, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 4, 2003Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
daughter
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daughter
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