The Shemwell Family

Sue Francis WhiteAge: 95 years18921988

Name
Sue Francis White
Given names
Sue Francis
Surname
White
Married name
Sue Francis Moore
Birth May 22, 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Jeanette Barrette Moore
November 1, 1916 (Age 24 years)
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 son
#2
Eugene Russell “Jack” Moore Jr.
February 7, 1919 (Age 26 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
Census April 8, 1930 (Age 37 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 47 years)
Death of a husbandEugene Russell Moore
April 15, 1944 (Age 51 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
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 1988 (Age 95 years)
Family with Eugene Russell Moore - View this family
husband
Eugene Russell Moore
Birth: April 30, 1895 37 30Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 15, 1944Washington, District of Columbia, United States
herself
daughter
Jeanette Barrette Moore
Birth: November 1, 1916 21 24Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 13, 2007Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States
2 years
son
Eugene Russell “Jack” Moore Jr.
Birth: February 7, 1919 23 26Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 14, 1998Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
daughter
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