The Shemwell Family

Henry Frederick AchterkirchenAge: 60 years19121972

Name
Henry Frederick Achterkirchen
Given names
Henry Frederick
Surname
Achterkirchen
Birth February 11, 1912
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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 daughter
#1
Priscilla Sue Achterkirchen
March 1, 1944 (Age 32 years)
MarriageMary Docia GreeneView this family
May 5, 1945 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 37 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 33 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
Adoption of a daughterPriscilla Sue Achterkirchen

Adoption: Adopted by both parents
Death November 2, 1972 (Age 60 years)
Family with Mary Docia Greene - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: May 5, 1945Greenville, South Carolina, United States
-14 months
daughter
Priscilla Sue Achterkirchen
Adoption:
Birth: March 1, 1944 32 32Deep Gap, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 3, 2015Crownsville, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States
Harvey Rollen Shirley + Mary Docia Greene - View this family
wife’s husband
Harvey Rollen Shirley
Birth: June 17, 1901Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 10, 1973Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
wife
Marriage: November 11, 1925Watauga, North Carolina, United States
13 months
step-daughter
Ruby Rosalie Shirley
Birth: December 12, 1926 25 15Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 19, 1976
15 months
step-son
Carl Freeman Shirley
Birth: March 4, 1928 26 16Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 22, 2006Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

No family available