The Shemwell Family

Oren Wakefield GreeneAge: 30 years19111941

Name
Oren Wakefield Greene
Given names
Oren Wakefield
Surname
Greene
Birth May 8, 1911 24 16
Birth of a brotherDavid Berl Greene
November 18, 1912 (Age 18 months)
Birth of a brotherOlin McKnight Greene
October 6, 1915 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a sisterHolly Valeria Greene
December 19, 1917 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 5 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 6 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 brotherMacon Partee Greene
April 4, 1920 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherRichard Curtis Greene
May 15, 1923 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah Arlene Greene
July 8, 1927 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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
Death of a sisterSarah Arlene Greene
January 26, 1932 (Age 20 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherHarvey R Greene
February 15, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Death May 9, 1941 (Age 30 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: May 7, 1910Watauga, North Carolina, United States
1 year
himself
Oren Wakefield Greene
Birth: May 8, 1911 24 16Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 9, 1941North Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
18 months
younger brother
David Berl Greene
Birth: November 18, 1912 26 18Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 26, 1984Forest Hill, Harford, Maryland, United States
3 years
younger brother
Olin McKnight Greene
Birth: October 6, 1915 29 21Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 28, 1977North Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger sister
Holly Valeria Greene
Birth: December 19, 1917 31 23Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 4, 2008Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
Macon Partee Greene
Birth: April 4, 1920 33 25Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 11, 1979South Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger brother
Richard Curtis Greene
Birth: May 15, 1923 36 28Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 8, 2005Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
4 years
younger sister
Sarah Arlene Greene
Birth: July 8, 1927 41 32Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 26, 1932Elk, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

Oren Wakefield Greene has 26 first cousins recorded

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