The Shemwell Family

Mae Mildred HopkinsAge: 87 years19051992

Name
Mae Mildred Hopkins
Given names
Mae Mildred
Surname
Hopkins
Married name
Mae Mildred Kongabel
Birth February 26, 1905 56 28
MarriageHarold J KongabelView this family
unknown

Birth of a brotherRobert Michael Hopkins
1908 (Age 2 years)
Census April 22, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Death of a motherAmanda Ellen Thomas
August 22, 1915 (Age 10 years)
Death of a brotherRobert Michael Hopkins
1916 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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/
Census January 6, 1920 (Age 14 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Jane “Nancy” Shemwell
March 31, 1920 (Age 15 years)
Cause: Old Age
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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 fatherGeorge Washington Hopkins
February 7, 1934 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 44 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
Death of a sisterBlanch Mable Hopkins
March 1965 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 November 8, 1992 (Age 87 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 4, 1893Logan, Oklahoma, United States
10 months
elder sister
5 years
elder sister
Ruth Viola Hopkins
Birth: March 2, 1900 51 24Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
Death: May 2, 1995Austin, Travis, Texas, United States
5 years
herself
Mae Mildred Hopkins
Birth: February 26, 1905 56 28Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
Death: November 8, 1992Lago Vista, Travis, Texas, United States
4 years
younger brother
Robert Michael Hopkins
Birth: 1908 59 31Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
Death: 1916Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
Family with Harold J Kongabel - View this family
husband
Harold J Kongabel
Birth: May 25, 1905Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 3, 2000San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
herself
Mae Mildred Hopkins
Birth: February 26, 1905 56 28Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
Death: November 8, 1992Lago Vista, Travis, Texas, United States
Marriage:

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Hopkins - Household

409 First Street Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Hopkins, George WheadMW61M116OHPNOHMerchantGrocery Store
Hopkins, AmandawifeFW33M11644MOPNMO
Hopkins, Blanch MdaughterFW15SOKOHMO
Hopkins, Ruth VdaughterFW10SOKOHMO
Hopkins, Mae MdaughterFW5SOKOHMO
Hopkins, Robert MsonMW2SOKOHMO
Cornine, Janemother-in-lawFW72Wd3186MOKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Hopkins - Household

409 First Street Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Hopkins, George WheadMW70WdOHPNOHDriver??
Hopkins, MaedaughterFW14SOKOHMO