The Shemwell Family

George Shelby WilhelmAge: 66 years19021968

Name
George Shelby Wilhelm
Given names
George Shelby
Surname
Wilhelm
Birth January 22, 1902
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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 daughter
#1
Loise Marie Wilhelm
May 8, 1926 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Georgia Dean Wilhelm
September 6, 1927 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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 28 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Thomas Dale Wilhelm
February 17, 1933 (Age 31 years)
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 grandson
#1
Kenneth Eugene Phillips Jr.
March 27, 1948 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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 grandson
#2
Dale Wayne Wilhelm
March 29, 1960 (Age 58 years)
Death of a wifeCarrie Marie Locke
April 17, 1966 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 April 11, 1968 (Age 66 years)
Family with Carrie Marie Locke - View this family
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wife
daughter
Loise Marie Wilhelm
Birth: May 8, 1926 24 18Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 21, 2000Cook, Illinois, United States
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daughter
Georgia Dean Wilhelm
Birth: September 6, 1927 25 19Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Death: May 3, 2005Cook, Illinois, United States
daughter
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son
Thomas Dale Wilhelm
Birth: February 17, 1933 31 24Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Death: April 25, 1985Minnetonka, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
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