The Shemwell Family

Nettie Maebell HambyAge: 55 years18981954

Name
Nettie Maebell Hamby
Given names
Nettie Maebell
Surname
Hamby
Married name
Nettie Maebell Harden
Birth December 16, 1898 29 23
Death of a maternal grandfatherBartlett Greene
about 1900 (Age 12 months)

Marriage of parentsJohn R HambyElizabeth B GreeneView this family
January 10, 1904 (Age 5 years)
Death of a fatherJohn R Hamby
November 8, 1916 (Age 17 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
Marriage of a parentWill LoweElizabeth B GreeneView this family
April 6, 1918 (Age 19 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/
Marriage of a parentRufus Lenoir AustinElizabeth B GreeneView this family
April 5, 1924 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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
Death of a motherElizabeth B Greene
June 9, 1939 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 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
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 July 4, 1954 (Age 55 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
John R Hamby
Birth: October 2, 1869North Carolina, United States
Death: November 8, 1916Jobs Cabin, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
mother
Elizabeth B Greene
Birth: April 19, 1875 47 34Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 9, 1939Patterson, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: January 10, 1904Watauga, North Carolina, United States
-5 years
herself
Nettie Maebell Hamby
Birth: December 16, 1898 29 23North Carolina, United States
Death: July 4, 1954Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Mother’s family with Will Lowe - View this family
step-father
mother
Elizabeth B Greene
Birth: April 19, 1875 47 34Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 9, 1939Patterson, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: April 6, 1918Williamson, Mingo, West Virginia, United States
Mother’s family with Rufus Lenoir Austin - View this family
step-father
Rufus Lenoir Austin
Birth: September 30, 1866Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 20, 1936Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
mother
Elizabeth B Greene
Birth: April 19, 1875 47 34Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 9, 1939Patterson, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: April 5, 1924Caldwell, North Carolina, United States

Nettie Maebell Hamby has 24 first cousins recorded