The Shemwell Family

Laura Marjorie BrittonAge: 86 years19152001

Name
Laura Marjorie Britton
Given names
Laura Marjorie
Surname
Britton
Married name
Laura Marjorie Doemling
Married name
Laura Marjorie Seary
Birth January 4, 1915 23 28
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 months)

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 23 months)

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 2 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 5 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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
MarriageWilliam Willard Seary Jr.View this family
estimated 1937 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Anne Carpenter Seary
October 26, 1937 (Age 22 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Ann “Mamie” Martin
February 22, 1938 (Age 23 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 36 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
John Paul Hanley Jr.
March 23, 1962 (Age 47 years)

Death of a motherC Sidney Llewellyn Carpenter
March 20, 1974 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 of a husbandWilliam Willard Seary Jr.
February 1979 (Age 64 years)
Death of a sisterAnne Britton
December 31, 1987 (Age 72 years)
Death November 10, 2001 (Age 86 years)
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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
elder sister
Anne Britton
Birth: December 11, 1910 19 23Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: December 31, 1987Haverford, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States
4 years
herself
Laura Marjorie Britton
Birth: January 4, 1915 23 28Maryland, United States
Death: November 10, 2001Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Family with William Willard Seary Jr. - View this family
husband
William Willard Seary Jr.
Birth: September 25, 1911Pennsylvania, United States
Death: February 1979King of Prussia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
herself
Laura Marjorie Britton
Birth: January 4, 1915 23 28Maryland, United States
Death: November 10, 2001Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage: estimated 1937
10 months
daughter
Anne Carpenter Seary
Birth: October 26, 1937 26 22Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Death: September 27, 2004Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
Family with Private - View this family
husband
Private
herself
Laura Marjorie Britton
Birth: January 4, 1915 23 28Maryland, United States
Death: November 10, 2001Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States

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

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - William Willard Seary Jr. - Household

2109 N Charles Street Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Seary, William WheadMW28MPASame PlaceAero Mechanical EngineerGlen L Martin Airplane Factory
Seary, MarjoriewifeFW25MMDSame Place
Seary, AnnedaughterFW2SMD