The Shemwell Family

Name
Willie Bell Burkhart
Given names
Willie Bell
Surname
Burkhart
Married name
Willie Bell Murphy
Birth March 26, 1893 32 21
Birth of a sisterDoris D Burkhart
February 17, 1894 (Age 10 months)
Birth of a sisterEthel Rose Burkhart
May 17, 1895 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterHattie May Burkhart
November 21, 1896 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 years)
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
Birth of a sisterAlice Lyda Burkhart
May 13, 1899 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterDrucilla Burkhart
January 1900 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterDaisy Burkhart
about 1902 (Age 8 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth A Kelly
December 26, 1902 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterCatherine Louise Burkhart
February 22, 1905 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterNina Edna Burkhart
September 15, 1906 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherJoseph Glen Burkhart
April 15, 1908 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Thomas Burkhart
November 19, 1909 (Age 16 years)
Death of a sisterDrucilla Burkhart
before 1910 (Age 16 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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/
Death of a sisterNora B Burkhart
after 1920 (Age 26 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherDaniel Burkhart
March 13, 1925 (Age 31 years)
Death of a sisterNina Edna Burkhart
July 15, 1928 (Age 35 years)
Burial of a sisterNina Edna Burkhart
July 16, 1928 (Age 35 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Morris Hill Cemetery
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 36 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 fatherWilliam Goddard Burkhart
February 14, 1937 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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
Marriage of a parentFrank ShambyCatherine Dolly “Kate” LawsonView this family
June 2, 1947 (Age 54 years)
Marriage of a parentAverill William SmithCatherine Dolly “Kate” LawsonView this family
August 25, 1950 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 56 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 52 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 June 3, 1952 (Age 59 years)
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