The Shemwell Family

Myrtle May WebbAge: 74 years19101985

Name
Myrtle May Webb
Given names
Myrtle May
Surname
Webb
Married name
Myrtle May Bennett
Birth May 14, 1910 24 19
MarriageWilliam Lloyd BennettView this family
unknown

Death of a motherMyrtle May Brown
May 15, 1910 (Age 1 day)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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/
Census January 30, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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 paternal grandmotherMary Tennesse Orme
December 3, 1934 (Age 24 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherLloyd Walker Webb
August 2, 1935 (Age 25 years)
Census April 16, 1940 (Age 29 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherRobert Sherman Brown
April 1, 1941 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 maternal grandmotherEliza Mae Bell
1949 (Age 38 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 husbandWilliam Lloyd Bennett
February 13, 1958 (Age 47 years)

Death of a fatherNickolas Brown Webb
November 21, 1959 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 February 15, 1985 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Okmulgee Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Nickolas Brown Webb
Birth: November 28, 1885 37 31Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 21, 1959Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
mother
Myrtle May Brown
Birth: April 1, 1891 27 25Natura, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: May 15, 1910Natura, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage:
herself
Myrtle May Webb
Birth: May 14, 1910 24 19Natura, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 15, 1985Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Family with William Lloyd Bennett - View this family
husband
herself
Myrtle May Webb
Birth: May 14, 1910 24 19Natura, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 15, 1985Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage:

Myrtle May Webb has 17 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Robert Sherman Brown - Household

Natura, Okmulgee, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Brown, ShermanheadMW56MPAPAPAFarmer & StockmanStock Raise?
Bell, ElizawifeFW56MOKGAGA
Webb, Myrtle Mgrand daughterFW9SOKTNOK

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Robert Sherman Brown - Household

Natura, Okmulgee, Oklahoma

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Brown, R SXheadMW77MPASame HouseRanchFarmer
Bell, Eliza BwifeFInd76MOKSame House
Brown, RalphsonMW47SOKSame House
Bennett, Myrtle grand daughterFW29MOKSame House
Bennett, Loydgrand son in lawMW37MMOSame House