The Shemwell Family

Goldie Helen WattsAge: 21 months19161918

Name
Goldie Helen Watts
Given names
Goldie Helen
Surname
Watts
Birth May 1, 1916 25 26
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 8 months)

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 20 months)

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 February 17, 1918 (Age 21 months)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Watts Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: estimated 1913
1 year
elder sister
Retha Meda Watts
Birth: December 26, 1913 23 24Missouri, United States
Death: January 31, 1978Missouri, United States
2 years
herself
Goldie Helen Watts
Birth: May 1, 1916 25 26Missouri, United States
Death: February 17, 1918Missouri, United States
4 years
younger sister
Yvonne Watts
Birth: March 3, 1920 29 30Rogersville, Webster, Missouri, United States
Death: June 28, 2014Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger brother
Carl Ray “Bob” Watts
Birth: December 15, 1922 32 33Rogersville, Greene, Missouri, United States
Death: July 7, 1991Rogersville, Greene, Missouri, United States

Goldie Helen Watts has 3 first cousins recorded

Father's family (3)

Parents Edward Dillard “Dill” Watts + Willie May Neal
1Chestene Watts19162009
3Private

Mother's family (0)