The Shemwell Family

Ada MeadorAge: 94 years18961991

Name
Ada Meador
Given names
Ada
Surname
Meador
Married name
Ada Holland
Birth July 14, 1896
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 months)
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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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 3, 1930 (Age 33 years)
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 53 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 husbandRoy Lester Holland
October 1, 1977 (Age 81 years)
Death January 15, 1991 (Age 94 years)
Family with Roy Lester Holland - View this family
husband
Roy Lester Holland
Birth: July 2, 1894 27 20Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: October 1, 1977Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
herself
Ada Meador
Birth: July 14, 1896Wheatland, Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: January 15, 1991Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
daughter
Private
Roy Lester Holland + Ada Florence Grove - View this family
husband
Roy Lester Holland
Birth: July 2, 1894 27 20Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: October 1, 1977Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
husband’s wife
Ada Florence Grove
Birth: January 5, 1895Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: January 9, 1918Wheatland, Hickory, Missouri, United States
Marriage: March 29, 1916Hermitage, Hickory, Missouri, United States

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