The Shemwell Family

Girtha Mattie Stalls1879

Name
Girtha Mattie Stalls
Given names
Girtha Mattie
Surname
Stalls
Married name
Girtha Mattie McConnell
Birth December 8, 1879 29 21
Birth of a brotherJoe Stalls
1882 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterEdna Earl Stalls
June 6, 1884 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherLundy Lane Stalls
March 11, 1886 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherFelix Johnson Stalls
January 14, 1891 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 20 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam M Riggins Jr.
September 21, 1907 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 36 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 37 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 38 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/
Death of a fatherWilliam Daniel Stalls
December 12, 1924 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 49 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
Death of a motherMartha Earl Riggins
July 11, 1936 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 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 sisterWillie Ella Stalls
March 15, 1952 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 70 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 brotherArthur Lee Stalls
August 10, 1964 (Age 84 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 66 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
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Marriage: February 26, 1872Stewart, Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder brother
Arthur Lee Stalls
Birth: January 9, 1876 25 17Texas, United States
Death: August 10, 1964Texas, United States
2 years
elder sister
Willie Ella Stalls
Birth: February 23, 1878 27 19Texas, United States
Death: March 15, 1952Dallas, Texas, United States
21 months
herself
3 years
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
Edna Earl Stalls
Birth: June 6, 1884 34 25Deport, Lamar, Texas, United States
Death:
21 months
younger brother
5 years
younger brother
Felix Johnson Stalls
Birth: January 14, 1891 40 32Lamar, Texas, United States
Death:
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husband
Private
herself

Girtha Mattie Stalls has 12 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William Daniel Stalls - Household

Lamar, Texas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Stalls, William headWMFeb185050M28TNTNTNfarmer
Stalls, EarlwifeWFJun185841M2888TNTNTN
Stalls, Willie daughterWFFeb187822STXTNTN
Stalls, GirthadaughterWFDec188019STXTNTN
Stalls, JoesonWMNov188118STXTNTN
Stalls, EdnadaughterWFJun188316STXTNTN
Stalls, LondasonWMMar188614STXTNTN
Stalls, PhelixsonWMJan18919STXTNTN