The Shemwell Family

Gilbert MegargeeAge: 59 years19001960

Name
Gilbert Megargee
Given names
Gilbert
Surname
Megargee
Birth May 4, 1900
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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/
MarriageDorothy Theodora Woodward BarnardView this family
1926 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Patricia Megargee “Patsy” Megargee
January 1, 1928 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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 son
#2
Montrose Barnard “Barry” Megargee
January 11, 1932 (Age 31 years)
Death of a wifeDorothy Theodora Woodward Barnard
January 17, 1936 (Age 35 years)
Census May 3, 1940 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 49 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 45 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 February 1960 (Age 59 years)

Family with Anne Britton - View this family
himself
wife
Anne Britton
Birth: December 11, 1910 19 23Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: December 31, 1987Haverford, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States
daughter
Private
Family with Dorothy Theodora Woodward Barnard - View this family
himself
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
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
son
Montrose Barnard “Barry” Megargee
Birth: January 11, 1932 31 28Pennsylvania, United States
Death: September 11, 2013

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