The Shemwell Family

Dorothy Theodora Woodward BarnardAge: 32 years19031936

Name
Dorothy Theodora Woodward Barnard
Given names
Dorothy Theodora Woodward
Surname
Barnard
Married name
Dorothy Theodora Woodward Megargee
Birth September 9, 1903
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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/
MarriageGilbert MegargeeView this family
1926 (Age 22 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Patricia Megargee “Patsy” Megargee
January 1, 1928 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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 28 years)
Death January 17, 1936 (Age 32 years)
Family with Gilbert Megargee - View this family
husband
herself
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
Gilbert Megargee + Anne Britton - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Anne Britton
Birth: December 11, 1910 19 23Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: December 31, 1987Haverford, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States
step-daughter
Private

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