The Shemwell Family

Sybil AshleyAge: 81 years1926–2007

Name
Sybil Ashley
Given names
Sybil
Surname
Ashley
Married name
Sybil Atkin
Birth 1926

MarriageJerry Walter Atkin — View this family
unknown

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 3 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 15 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 24 years)
South Korea

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 20 years)
Vietnam

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 husbandJerry Walter Atkin
May 25, 1997 (Age 71 years)

Death 2007 (Age 81 years)
Family with Jerry Walter Atkin - View this family
husband
Jerry Walter Atkin
Birth: July 24, 1926 22 19 — Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: May 25, 1997
herself
Sybil Ashley
Birth: 1926
Death: 2007
Marriage: —