The Shemwell Family

Dorothy Viola PayneAge: 25 years19181943

Name
Dorothy Viola Payne
Given names
Dorothy Viola
Surname
Payne
Birth May 16, 1918 21 18
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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

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 sisterAnnie Ruth Payne
August 10, 1920 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherLuther Ransom Payne
October 25, 1923 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterVirginia Grace Payne
March 6, 1926 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 11 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
Birth of a sisterImogene Ovanell Payne
February 8, 1930 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherFrank Dan Payne
August 28, 1931 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterShirley Cline Payne
October 28, 1933 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a sisterClaudean Payne
January 30, 1936 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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
Death October 24, 1943 (Age 25 years)
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father
mother
elder brother
Vilas Lawerence Payne
Birth: May 18, 1916 19 16Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 11, 1998Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
herself
Dorothy Viola Payne
Birth: May 16, 1918 21 18Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 24, 1943Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger sister
Annie Ruth Payne
Birth: August 10, 1920 23 21Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 12, 2007Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger brother
Luther Ransom Payne
Birth: October 25, 1923 26 24Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 31, 1994Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger sister
Virginia Grace Payne
Birth: March 6, 1926 28 26Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 17, 2012Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
brother
Private
younger sister
Imogene Ovanell Payne
Birth: February 8, 1930 32 30Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 20, 2006Florence, South Carolina, United States
19 months
younger brother
Frank Dan Payne
Birth: August 28, 1931 34 32Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 17, 2012Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger sister
Shirley Cline Payne
Birth: October 28, 1933 36 34Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 24, 2000Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger sister
Claudean Payne
Birth: January 30, 1936 38 36Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 3, 2004Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
sister
Private
brother
Private

Dorothy Viola Payne has 8 first cousins recorded

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