The Shemwell Family

Eva Ethel ThurmanAge: 62 years18891951

Name
Eva Ethel Thurman
Given names
Eva Ethel
Surname
Thurman
Married name
Eva Ethel Epps
Birth March 16, 1889 38 17
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 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
MarriageAsa Arthur EppsView this family
November 6, 1909 (Age 20 years)
Death of a fatherRobert Houston Thurman
June 14, 1913 (Age 24 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 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 27 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 28 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/
Death of a husbandAsa Arthur Epps
November 6, 1922 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 40 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 52 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 of a motherArzula Fairless
April 6, 1947 (Age 58 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 60 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 56 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 December 18, 1951 (Age 62 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Park Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
herself
Eva Ethel Thurman
Birth: March 16, 1889 38 17Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: December 18, 1951Missouri, United States
Father’s family with Nancy Clementine “Patty” - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage:
half-brother
Family with Asa Arthur Epps - View this family
husband
Asa Arthur Epps
Birth: October 2, 1891 18 24Missouri, United States
Death: November 6, 1922Missouri, United States
herself
Eva Ethel Thurman
Birth: March 16, 1889 38 17Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: December 18, 1951Missouri, United States
Marriage: November 6, 1909Butler, Missouri, United States