The Shemwell Family

Helen Doll GreeneAge: 84 years19031988

Name
Helen Doll Greene
Given names
Helen Doll
Surname
Greene
Married name
Helen Doll Armstrong
Birth August 26, 1903 49 40
Death of a motherEmma Katherine Greene
November 16, 1910 (Age 7 years)
Marriage of a parentEli Smith GreeneCynthia Jane HarrisonView this family
December 24, 1916 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a maternal grandmotherLucinda Melissa Trivett
November 12, 1917 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWilliam Greene
February 8, 1918 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 13 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 14 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/
Death of a half-brotherWilliam Greene
June 10, 1919 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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
Death of a fatherEli Smith Greene
January 18, 1941 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 46 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 sisterAda H Greene
February 3, 1954 (Age 50 years)
Death of a sisterAmanda Blanche Greene
March 28, 1957 (Age 53 years)
Death of a brotherBynum T Greene
February 11, 1961 (Age 57 years)
Death of a sisterLillian B Greene
August 27, 1965 (Age 62 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Odell Greene
July 10, 1969 (Age 65 years)
Death of a sisterJulia Lucinda Greene
July 3, 1971 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 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 April 30, 1988 (Age 84 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1879
15 months
elder sister
Julia Lucinda Greene
Birth: March 23, 1880 25 16Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 3, 1971Los Angeles, California, United States
21 months
elder brother
S Culby Greene
Birth: January 4, 1882 27 18Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death:
2 years
elder sister
Ada H Greene
Birth: April 19, 1884 29 21Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 3, 1954Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States
3 years
elder sister
Amanda Blanche Greene
Birth: October 21, 1886 32 23Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 28, 1957Newberg, Yamhill, Oregon, United States
21 months
elder sister
Lillian B Greene
Birth: July 21, 1888 34 25Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 27, 1965Dallas, Polk, Oregon, United States
3 years
elder brother
Bynum T Greene
Birth: July 23, 1891 37 28Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 11, 1961Montana, United States
4 years
elder brother
John Odell Greene
Birth: January 30, 1895 40 31Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 10, 1969McAllister, Madison, Montana, United States
9 years
herself
Helen Doll Greene
Birth: August 26, 1903 49 40Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 30, 1988Morehead City, Carteret, North Carolina, United States
Father’s family with Cynthia Jane Harrison - View this family
father
step-mother
Cynthia Jane Harrison
Birth: November 23, 1876Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 16, 1952Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: December 24, 1916Watauga, North Carolina, United States
14 months
half-brother
William Greene
Birth: February 8, 1918 63 41Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 10, 1919Watauga, North Carolina, United States