The Shemwell Family

Alice Elizabeth GarrettAge: 78 years18931971

Name
Alice Elizabeth Garrett
Given names
Alice Elizabeth
Surname
Garrett
Married name
Alice Elizabeth Hutton
Birth June 11, 1893
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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
Birth of a son
#1
Ernest Hutton Jr.
September 23, 1914 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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/
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Ira Richard Hutton
August 16, 1922 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Margaret Marie Hutton
April 22, 1925 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 36 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 7, 1930 (Age 36 years)
Census April 10, 1940 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 56 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 husbandLucky Ernest Hutton
January 31, 1956 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 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 September 20, 1971 (Age 78 years)
Family with Lucky Ernest Hutton - View this family
husband
Lucky Ernest Hutton
Birth: December 30, 1886 30 30Tennessee, United States
Death: January 31, 1956Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
herself
son
Ernest Hutton Jr.
Birth: September 23, 1914 27 21Tennessee, United States
Death: November 7, 2000Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
son
Private
son
Ira Richard Hutton
Birth: August 16, 1922 35 29Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 23, 1999Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
3 years
daughter
Margaret Marie Hutton
Birth: April 22, 1925 38 31Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 22, 1996
son
Private