The Shemwell Family

Berenice Alfreda HallAge: 94 years19031997

Name
Berenice Alfreda Hall
Given names
Berenice Alfreda
Surname
Hall
Married name
Berenice Alfreda Shelton
Birth March 29, 1903
MarriageHarold Wesley SheltonView this family
unknown

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/
Birth of a son
#1
Frederick Eugene “F E” Shelton
May 2, 1927 (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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Brenda Sue Shelton
September 14, 1948 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 46 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 42 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
Marriage of a childFrederick Eugene “F E” SheltonConstance “Susie” RethornView this family
May 28, 1976 (Age 73 years)
Death of a husbandHarold Wesley Shelton
May 15, 1980 (Age 77 years)
Death of a granddaughterBrenda Sue Shelton
July 7, 1996 (Age 93 years)
Death April 15, 1997 (Age 94 years)
Family with Harold Wesley Shelton - View this family
husband
Harold Wesley Shelton
Birth: September 15, 1904 35 29Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: May 15, 1980Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States
herself
Berenice Alfreda Hall
Birth: March 29, 1903Avilla, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: April 15, 1997Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
Marriage:
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