The Shemwell Family

Florence Lorene Young1914

Name
Florence Lorene Young
Given names
Florence Lorene
Surname
Young
Married name
Florence Lorene Eakins
Birth 1914

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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/
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
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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 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
Religious marriageWalter Beverly EakinsView this family
April 15, 1975 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 husbandWalter Beverly Eakins
April 19, 1984 (Age 70 years)
Cause: Heart Disease
Deathunknown

Family with Walter Beverly Eakins - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: April 15, 1975Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Walter Beverly Eakins + Lizzie Mae Sights - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Lizzie Mae Sights
Birth: November 15, 1901 20 21
Death: December 3, 1973Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
step-son
Walter Thomas Eakins
Birth: June 30, 1927 28 25Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Death: July 5, 1927Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
step-daughter
Private