The Shemwell Family

Name
William Carl Kerley
Given names
William Carl
Surname
Kerley
Birth September 2, 1914 36 38
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 months)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherGeorge Paul Kerley
December 29, 1917 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 2 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 3 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 brotherTheodore “Ted” Kerley
January 4, 1920 (Age 5 years)
Census January 13, 1920 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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 10, 1930 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Elizabeth Hyder
January 31, 1934 (Age 19 years)
MarriageGrace Mildred CrowderView this family
October 14, 1939 (Age 25 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 motherArva Zena Selby
June 23, 1946 (Age 31 years)
Death of a brotherOscar Clyde Kerley
January 27, 1951 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 fatherWilliam Emmett Kerley
September 30, 1961 (Age 47 years)
Death of a sisterTina Kerley
before 1970 (Age 55 years)

Death of a sisterPinah Kerley
May 29, 1970 (Age 55 years)
Death of a sisterIda Kerley
March 12, 1971 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 of a brotherTheodore “Ted” Kerley
April 26, 1982 (Age 67 years)
Death of a sisterMalinda Kerley
August 26, 1985 (Age 70 years)
Death of a wifeGrace Mildred Crowder
August 23, 1995 (Age 80 years)

Death of a sisterLillie Kerley
August 28, 1997 (Age 82 years)
Death of a sisterDora Kerley
December 27, 1999 (Age 85 years)
Death October 26, 2004 (Age 90 years)
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