The Shemwell Family

Name
Ovie Otis “Otie” Christian
Given names
Ovie Otis
Surname
Christian
Nickname
Otie
Birth November 21, 1900 21 22
Birth of a brotherMerrell Pendley Christian
June 12, 1906 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterLevada Inez Christian
1908 (Age 7 years)
Census May 2, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterAnnie Catherine Christian
April 26, 1912 (Age 11 years)
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
MarriageAmy Gail DriskillView this family
August 24, 1918 (Age 17 years)
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/
Birth of a son
#1
Wilbor Fay Christian
June 19, 1919 (Age 18 years)
Census January 29, 1920 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Harold Wade Christian
November 26, 1925 (Age 25 years)
Death of a fatherJames W “Jim” Christian
October 17, 1927 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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
Census April 12, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#3
James Robert Christian
August 5, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Joyce Fay Christian
May 16, 1937 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Nancy Caroline Christian
March 12, 1940 (Age 39 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 39 years)
Death of a granddaughterJoyce Fay Christian
June 10, 1943 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Wilbor Christian
1944 (Age 43 years)
Death of a grandsonWilbor Christian
July 19, 1944 (Age 43 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
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Bell Christian
June 16, 1946 (Age 45 years)
Census April 3, 1950 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Terrance Alan “Terry” Christian
August 29, 1952 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Stephen Eugene “Steve” Christian
August 31, 1953 (Age 52 years)
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
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Linda Faye Christian
December 1, 1955 (Age 55 years)
Death of a granddaughterLinda Faye Christian
December 4, 1955 (Age 55 years)
Death of a motherMary Ollie Willis
November 12, 1959 (Age 58 years)
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 May 7, 1966 (Age 65 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
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