The Shemwell Family

Grace Lucille JaapAge: 82 years19001983

Name
Grace Lucille Jaap
Given names
Grace Lucille
Surname
Jaap
Married name
Grace Lucille Britton
Birth August 1, 1900
MarriageSamuel Francis BrittonView this family
unknown

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
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
Stanley Warner Britton
March 3, 1921 (Age 20 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
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
Marriage of a childStanley Warner BrittonSusie Glendale KingView this family
November 24, 1945 (Age 45 years)
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
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 husbandSamuel Francis Britton
March 21, 1979 (Age 78 years)
Death May 10, 1983 (Age 82 years)
Family with Samuel Francis Britton - View this family
husband
Samuel Francis Britton
Birth: April 22, 1898Kentucky, United States
Death: March 21, 1979Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United States
herself
Grace Lucille Jaap
Birth: August 1, 1900Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 10, 1983Latonia, Kenton, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
son
Stanley Warner Britton
Birth: March 3, 1921 22 20Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 18, 1993Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United States