Billie C Askew1912–
- Name
- Billie C Askew
- Given names
- Billie C
- Surname
- Askew
 Birth | about 1912 32 27 |
 Birth of a sister | Margaret P Askew about 1914 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 father | Rupert Askew June 25, 1919 (Age 7 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Artie M Shemwell — Laura Porter Campbell — View this family November 4, 1922 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Maj. John Thomas “Tom” Shemwell July 1, 1923 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 17 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 |
 Census | April 1, 1930 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a mother | Laura Porter Campbell March 22, 1943 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 38 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 half-brother | Maj. John Thomas “Tom” Shemwell February 14, 1974 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Rupert Askew Birth: January 23, 1879 Death: June 25, 1919 — Paris, Benton, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Laura Porter Campbell Birth: August 1, 1884 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 22, 1943 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
| himself |
Billie C Askew Birth: about 1912 32 27 Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Margaret P Askew Birth: about 1914 34 29 Death: |
| sister |
Private |
| Mother’s family with Artie M Shemwell |
| step-father |
Artie M Shemwell Birth: April 17, 1883 33 30 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: January 21, 1936 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Laura Porter Campbell Birth: August 1, 1884 — Kentucky, United States Death: March 22, 1943 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: November 4, 1922 — |
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8 months half-brother |
Maj. John Thomas “Tom” Shemwell Birth: July 1, 1923 40 38 — Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States Death: February 14, 1974 — Midwest City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States |