The Shemwell Family

Zelma Elizabeth TunstillAge: 94 years19001994

Name
Zelma Elizabeth Tunstill
Given names
Zelma Elizabeth
Surname
Tunstill
Married name
Zelma Elizabeth Hall
Birth November 24, 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/
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 11, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Elizabeth Hall
July 21, 1932 (Age 31 years)
Death of a daughterElizabeth Hall
July 21, 1932 (Age 31 years)
Cause: Still Birth
Census April 25, 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 of a husbandBenjamin Corbett Hall
June 8, 1985 (Age 84 years)
Death December 27, 1994 (Age 94 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Glenwood Cemetery
Family with Benjamin Corbett Hall - View this family
husband
Benjamin Corbett Hall
Birth: January 18, 1897 32 31Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 8, 1985Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
herself
Zelma Elizabeth Tunstill
Birth: November 24, 1900Cave Springs, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 27, 1994Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, United States
son
Private
daughter
Elizabeth Hall
Birth: July 21, 1932 35 31Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 21, 1932Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Corbett Hall - Household

Perry Street Elkton, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Hall, CorbettheadMW33M23KYKYKYTruck driverTrucking
Hall, ZelmawifeFW29M19KYKYKY