The Shemwell Family

Dorothy Amanda HewellAge: 80 years19222003

Name
Dorothy Amanda Hewell
Given names
Dorothy Amanda
Surname
Hewell
Birth July 5, 1922 35 26
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 7 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 7 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherLula Amanda Moss
June 24, 1933 (Age 10 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 19 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 27 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 fatherWilliam Allen Hewell Jr.
April 1970 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 23 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 brotherJames Alfred Hewell
August 16, 1990 (Age 68 years)
Death July 4, 2003 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenwood Cemetery
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mother
elder brother
James Alfred Hewell
Birth: October 10, 1920 33 24Sullivan, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 16, 1990Guthrie, Todd, Kentucky, United States
21 months
herself
Dorothy Amanda Hewell
Birth: July 5, 1922 35 26Bristol, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 4, 2003Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
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