The Shemwell Family

Anne BrittonAge: 77 years19101987

Name
Anne Britton
Given names
Anne
Surname
Britton
Married name
Anne Megargee
Birth December 11, 1910 19 23
Marriage of parentsJohn BrittonC Sidney Llewellyn CarpenterView this family
about 1910

Birth of a sisterLaura Marjorie Britton
January 4, 1915 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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 31, 1920 (Age 9 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 paternal grandmotherMary Ann “Mamie” Martin
February 22, 1938 (Age 27 years)
Census May 3, 1940 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 fatherJohn Britton
September 1951 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 husbandGilbert Megargee
February 1960 (Age 49 years)

Death of a motherC Sidney Llewellyn Carpenter
March 20, 1974 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 31, 1987 (Age 77 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
John Britton
Birth: November 2, 1891 55 40Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: September 1951Washington, District of Columbia, United States
mother
C Sidney Llewellyn Carpenter
Birth: December 28, 1886 46 32Maryland, United States
Death: March 20, 1974Haverford, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage: about 1910
11 months
herself
Anne Britton
Birth: December 11, 1910 19 23Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: December 31, 1987Haverford, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States
4 years
younger sister
Laura Marjorie Britton
Birth: January 4, 1915 23 28Maryland, United States
Death: November 10, 2001Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Family with Gilbert Megargee - View this family
husband
herself
Anne Britton
Birth: December 11, 1910 19 23Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: December 31, 1987Haverford, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States
daughter
Private
Gilbert Megargee + Dorothy Theodora Woodward Barnard - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Dorothy Theodora Woodward Barnard
Birth: September 9, 1903Punxsutawney, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: January 17, 1936Bryn Mawr, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage: 1926
2 years
step-daughter
Patricia Megargee “Patsy” Megargee
Birth: January 1, 1928 27 24Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: January 10, 2010Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States
4 years
step-son
Montrose Barnard “Barry” Megargee
Birth: January 11, 1932 31 28Pennsylvania, United States
Death: September 11, 2013

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John Britton - Household

St. Mary's, Maryland, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Britton, JohnheadMW29MDCNYRIfarmermanaging own farm
Britton, Sidney CwifeFW33MMDMDMD
Britton, AnnedaughterFW9SDCDCMDstudent
Britton, MarjoriedaughterFW4SDCDCMD