The Shemwell Family

Edna Geneva WilkinsonAge: 84 years18981983

Name
Edna Geneva Wilkinson
Given names
Edna Geneva
Surname
Wilkinson
Married name
Edna Geneva Leonard
Birth November 28, 1898
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 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 18 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 19 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
David Wilkinson Leonard
July 30, 1926 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Edna Rae Leonard
February 24, 1929 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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 29, 1930 (Age 31 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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
George Lincoln Sidwell III
September 11, 1946 (Age 47 years)
Census April 26, 1950 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 51 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
Birth of a grandson
#2
David Watson Leonard
December 11, 1962 (Age 64 years)
Death of a husbandStahle Hartman Leonard
March 3, 1965 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 September 29, 1983 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forsyth Memorial Park
Family with Stahle Hartman Leonard - View this family
husband
herself
Edna Geneva Wilkinson
Birth: November 28, 1898Madison, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 29, 1983Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
son
Private
son
David Wilkinson Leonard
Birth: July 30, 1926 25 27Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 16, 2020
3 years
daughter
Edna Rae Leonard
Birth: February 24, 1929 28 30Middle Fork, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 8, 2002Englewood, Montgomery, Ohio, United States

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Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Stahle Hartman Leonard - Household

268 Brinkles Ferry Road Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Leonard, Stahle HheadMW49MarNCSalesmanRubber Co.
Leonard, Edna GwifeFW50MarNC
Leonard, David WsonMW23NevNCPainterPainter