The Shemwell Family

Floyd Washington GreeneAge: 89 years18921982

Name
Floyd Washington Greene
Given names
Floyd Washington
Surname
Greene
Birth August 30, 1892
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 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 24 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 25 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 daughter
#1
Cora Josephine Greene
March 20, 1928 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 37 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
MarriageNancy Lane GoldsView this family
December 12, 1938 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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 57 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 wifeNancy Lane Golds
June 3, 1970 (Age 77 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 53 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 April 17, 1982 (Age 89 years)
Family with Nancy Lane Golds - View this family
himself
Floyd Washington Greene
Birth: August 30, 1892Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 17, 1982Watauga, North Carolina, United States
wife
Marriage: December 12, 1938Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
-11 years
daughter
Cora Josephine Greene
Birth: March 20, 1928 35 29Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 5, 2013Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Ivery Clenard Greene + Nancy Lane Golds - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
step-daughter
Hazel Acklus Golds
Birth: January 28, 1919 23 20Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 24, 1992Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
… … + Nancy Lane Golds - View this family
wife
step-daughter