The Shemwell Family

Georgia Nell Short1908

Name
Georgia Nell Short
Given names
Georgia Nell
Surname
Short
Married name
Georgia Nell McDonald
Birth about 1908 47 41
MarriageH L McDonaldView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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 fatherAlbert Agustus “Gus” Short
August 19, 1922 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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 motherMary Adlaide Smith
December 14, 1939 (Age 31 years)
Census April 6, 1940 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 42 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 sisterVera Adlade Short
April 13, 1990 (Age 82 years)
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
Albert Agustus “Gus” Short
Birth: December 6, 1860Corinth, Alcorn, Mississippi, United States
Death: August 19, 1922Maynard, Randolph, Arkansas, United States
mother
Mary Adlaide Smith
Birth: August 29, 1866Milledgeville, McNairy, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 14, 1939Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: February 27, 1883Milledgeville, McNairy, Tennessee, United States
21 years
elder sister
Vera Adlade Short
Birth: September 21, 1903 42 37Middlebrook, Randolph, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 13, 1990Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
5 years
herself
Family with H L McDonald - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - H L McDonald - Household

110 Sans Martin Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
MacDonald, H LheadMW37MARRussellvilleAR? Sales ManagerOil
MacDonald, Georgia SwifeFW32MARRussellvilleAR
Shemwell, J Dbrother in lawMW39MARForrest CityARSupervisorState ??
Shemwell, Vera Ssister in lawFW36MARForrest CityARTeacherPublic School