The Shemwell Family

Verda Robertson CrowellAge: 76 years18981975

Name
Verda Robertson Crowell
Given names
Verda Robertson
Surname
Crowell
Married name
Verda Robertson Willingham
Birth October 15, 1898
MarriagePaul Adrian WillinghamView this family
unknown

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 daughter
#1
Lela Yvonne Willingham
March 14, 1919 (Age 20 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Michael Dennis Jarvis
October 5, 1944 (Age 45 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
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
Death of a husbandPaul Adrian Willingham
July 23, 1960 (Age 61 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 January 14, 1975 (Age 76 years)
Family with Paul Adrian Willingham - View this family
husband
Paul Adrian Willingham
Birth: June 27, 1893Cunningham, Carlisle, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 23, 1960Carlisle, Kentucky, United States
herself
Verda Robertson Crowell
Birth: October 15, 1898Symsonia, Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 14, 1975Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
daughter
Lela Yvonne Willingham
Birth: March 14, 1919 25 20Carlisle, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 24, 2001Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States