The Shemwell Family

Marjorie LewisAge: 83 years19011984

Name
Marjorie Lewis
Given names
Marjorie
Surname
Lewis
Also known as
Marjorie Lewis
Married name
Marjorie Trumbo
Birth July 1901
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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
MarriageThomas Denton TrumboView this family
after 1947 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 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
Death of a husbandThomas Denton Trumbo
December 11, 1963 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 July 12, 1984 (Age 83 years)
Family with Thomas Denton Trumbo - View this family
husband
Thomas Denton Trumbo
Birth: March 21, 1884 27 21Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: December 11, 1963San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
herself
Marjorie Lewis
Birth: July 1901New York, New York, United States
Death: July 12, 1984California, United States
Marriage: after 1947San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
Thomas Denton Trumbo + Frances Dorothy Jenks - View this family
husband
Thomas Denton Trumbo
Birth: March 21, 1884 27 21Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: December 11, 1963San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
husband’s wife
Frances Dorothy Jenks
Birth: October 25, 1908Minnesota, United States
Death: April 7, 1947San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
Marriage: 1937Yuma, Arizona, United States