The Shemwell Family

Ballard E RowlandAge: 42 years19231966

Name
Ballard E Rowland
Given names
Ballard E
Surname
Rowland
Birth December 1, 1923

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 5 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 18 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
MarriageMinnie Louise BrowningView this family
between 1944 and 1949 (Age 20 years)

Note: Ballard's first wife (Mary Decker) had a child (Donald R Rowland) that was born in 1944. It is assumed that remarried after 1944 and before the death of Minnie in 1949. Mary is listed as Divorced in the 1950 Census.
Death of a wifeMinnie Louise Browning
February 12, 1949 (Age 25 years)
Associate: Ballard E Rowland
Death
Minnie Louise Browning
February 12, 1949 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 26 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 22 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 23, 1966 (Age 42 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Golden Gate National Cemetery
Family with Minnie Louise Browning - View this family
himself
wife
Minnie Louise Browning
Birth: July 2, 1925 29 24Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 12, 1949Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Marriage: between 1944 and 1949

Marriage
Ballard's first wife (Mary Decker) had a child (Donald R Rowland) that was born in 1944. It is assumed that remarried after 1944 and before the death of Minnie in 1949. Mary is listed as Divorced in the 1950 Census.