The Shemwell Family

Name
Florence “Pet” Cornett
Given names
Florence
Surname
Cornett
Nickname
Pet
Birth October 1898 32 28
Birth of a sisterFannie Cornett
May 1900 (Age 19 months)
Death of a maternal grandfatherBartlett Greene
about 1900 (Age 15 months)

Birth of a sisterAddie “Duff” Cornett
February 10, 1904 (Age 5 years)

Birth of a brotherRoy Jasper “Jap” Cornett
January 1, 1906 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Cornett
about 1907 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterMartha Linda Cornett
March 30, 1908 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherAries Cox Cornett Jr.
March 18, 1911 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterJulia A Cornett
June 16, 1912 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherBrambel Granvill Cornett
May 10, 1917 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 18 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
Death of a maternal grandmotherMalinda Katherine Hamby
about 1918 (Age 19 years)

Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 19 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 sisterJulia A Cornett
February 16, 1920 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a brotherDanville Cornett
June 10, 1920 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 31 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
Marriage of a parentAries Cox “Bud” CornettSarah Anne GreeneView this family
November 26, 1935 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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 motherJulia Ann Greene
October 6, 1945 (Age 47 years)
Death of a sisterRosa Bell Cornett
September 16, 1949 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 51 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 fatherAries Cox “Bud” Cornett
January 2, 1956 (Age 57 years)
Death of a brotherEllis M Cornett
February 27, 1970 (Age 71 years)
Death of a brotherRoy Jasper “Jap” Cornett
January 22, 1973 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 sisterPrincess Frances Cornett
September 15, 1979 (Age 80 years)
Death of a brotherAries Cox Cornett Jr.
November 8, 1993 (Age 95 years)
Death of a brotherBrambel Granvill Cornett
November 30, 1997 (Age 99 years)
Death of a brotherDanville Cornett
October 26, 2001 (Age 103 years)
Death of a sisterMartha Linda Cornett
May 12, 2003 (Age 104 years)
Deathunknown

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