The Shemwell Family

William Lawrence GreeneAge: 90 years19001990

Name
William Lawrence Greene
Given names
William Lawrence
Surname
Greene
Birth March 10, 1900 43 29
Birth of a sisterJennie Pearl Greene
December 15, 1903 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 grandmotherCamilla C Greene
February 23, 1917 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 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 17 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
Claude B Greene
August 31, 1925 (Age 25 years)
Death of a sonClaude B Greene
January 2, 1926 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Wilma Evelyn Greene
November 8, 1926 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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 son
#3
Cecil Clenard Greene
June 3, 1932 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Nettie Lorena Greene
January 10, 1934 (Age 33 years)

Death of a brotherAndrew William Greene
August 13, 1940 (Age 40 years)
Death of a fatherBennette Ferguson Greene
January 30, 1944 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Linda Kay Greene
April 29, 1945 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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
Death of a brotherMillard Filmore Greene
June 21, 1949 (Age 49 years)
Death of a motherRebecca Lucinda Miller
March 30, 1950 (Age 50 years)
Death of a sisterNancy Ann Greene
March 7, 1952 (Age 51 years)
Burial of a sisterNancy Ann Greene
March 7, 1952 (Age 51 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Stony Fork Baptist Church Cemetery
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 49 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 brotherAmos Franklin Greene
May 27, 1971 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 brotherLinville Harrison Greene
March 8, 1978 (Age 77 years)
Death of a daughterLinda Kay Greene
October 11, 1983 (Age 83 years)
Death of a wifeFlora Belle Greene
August 4, 1986 (Age 86 years)
Death March 10, 1990 (Age 90 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 29, 1887
-7 months
elder brother
Amos Franklin Greene
Birth: November 25, 1886 29 16Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 27, 1971Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder brother
Linville Harrison Greene
Birth: June 30, 1889 32 19Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 8, 1978Watauga, North Carolina, United States
20 months
elder sister
Nancy Ann Greene
Birth: February 18, 1891 34 20Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 7, 1952Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
22 months
elder brother
Millard Filmore Greene
Birth: December 6, 1892 35 22Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 21, 1949Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
18 months
elder brother
6 years
himself
4 years
younger sister
Jennie Pearl Greene
Birth: December 15, 1903 47 33Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 25, 2002Watauga, North Carolina, United States
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himself
wife
son
Claude B Greene
Birth: August 31, 1925 25 22Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 2, 1926Watauga, North Carolina, United States
14 months
daughter
Wilma Evelyn Greene
Birth: November 8, 1926 26 24Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 24, 2013
daughter
Private
son
Cecil Clenard Greene
Birth: June 3, 1932 32 29Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 27, 2009Millers Creek, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
19 months
daughter
daughter
Private
daughter
Linda Kay Greene
Birth: April 29, 1945 45 42Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 11, 1983Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States

William Lawrence Greene has 47 first cousins recorded

Father's family (45)

Parents Finley Patterson Trivett + Mary E Greene
4Sarah E Trivett18821909
Parents Larkin Joseph Michael + Martha Isabel Greene
1Nancy L Michael18711902
4Mary Etta Michael18781974
6Joseph Lee Michael18851966
9Carl Edgar Michael18921892
Parents Eli Smith Greene + Emma Katherine Greene
3Ada H Greene18841954
5Lillian B Greene18881965
6Bynum T Greene18911961
7John Odell Greene18951969
8Helen Doll Greene19031988
Parents Eli Smith Greene + Cynthia Jane Harrison
1William Greene19181919
Parents William Lee Greene + Ellen Brown
1Linville S Greene18821883
3Sarah S Greene18871941
6Canzatia E Greene18951986
Parents William Lee Greene + Rhoda Elizabeth Church
Parents George Alexander Greene + Julia Emma Welch
1William Greene18871887
3Nora E Greene18921919
5Vern Otis Greene18981966
6Bernard Greene18991899
10Dora Ethel Greene19111977
11Hattie Hazel Greene19141981