The Shemwell Family

Helen Susan O'NeillAge: 83 years19151998

Name
Helen Susan O'Neill
Given names
Helen Susan
Surname
O'Neill
Married name
Helen Susan Holt
Birth January 9, 1915 51 38
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 brotherPerry Michael O'Neill
May 30, 1917 (Age 2 years)
Death of a half-brotherCharles Leroy Layland
October 21, 1918 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 23 months)

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 2 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 sisterSarah Elizabeth O'Neill
July 19, 1919 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterLeona Margaretta O'Neill
July 25, 1923 (Age 8 years)
Death of a fatherGeorge Joseph O'Neill
December 26, 1928 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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 26 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 half-brotherAndrew Jackson Layland
April 30, 1947 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 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 motherElizabeth Kunzler
December 5, 1961 (Age 46 years)
Death of a half-sisterNellie Edith Layland
March 17, 1963 (Age 48 years)
Death of a half-brotherGeorge Layland
September 1967 (Age 52 years)
Death of a sisterLeona Margaretta O'Neill
March 17, 1975 (Age 60 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 half-sisterMary Louise O'Neill
May 20, 1979 (Age 64 years)
Death of a half-sisterMartha Gladys Layland
June 1, 1987 (Age 72 years)
Death of a half-sisterLois Layland
February 17, 1990 (Age 75 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Elizabeth O'Neill
April 24, 1992 (Age 77 years)
Death January 15, 1998 (Age 83 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 13, 1914Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
2 months
herself
Helen Susan O'Neill
Birth: January 9, 1915 51 38Horseshoe Bend, Boise, Idaho, United States
Death: January 15, 1998Sequim, Clallam, Washington, United States
2 years
younger brother
Perry Michael O'Neill
Birth: May 30, 1917 54 41Centerville, Boise, Idaho, United States
Death: March 5, 2006University Place, Pierce, Washington, United States
2 years
younger sister
Sarah Elizabeth O'Neill
Birth: July 19, 1919 56 43Star, Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: April 24, 1992Kooskia, Idaho, Idaho, United States
4 years
younger sister
Leona Margaretta O'Neill
Birth: July 25, 1923 60 47Gem, Idaho, United States
Death: March 17, 1975
Father’s family with Helen Louella Dodson - View this family
father
step-mother
Helen Louella Dodson
Birth: March 24, 1872Howard, Missouri, United States
Death: November 10, 1912Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Marriage: March 26, 1890Fayette, Howard, Missouri, United States
2 years
half-brother
William M O'Neill
Birth: May 7, 1892 29 20Idaho, United States
Death: November 20, 1903Idaho, United States
4 years
half-brother
Joseph Julian O'Neill
Birth: June 14, 1896 33 24Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Death:
Mother’s family with Leroy Layland - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: September 2, 1895Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
8 months
half-brother
Charles Leroy Layland
Birth: May 6, 1896 21 20Raymond, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
Death: October 21, 1918France
2 years
half-brother
Andrew Jackson Layland
Birth: July 25, 1898 23 22Raymond, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
Death: April 30, 1947Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, United States
2 years
half-brother
George Layland
Birth: July 19, 1900 25 24Raymond, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
Death: September 1967Ibapah, Tooele, Utah, United States
2 years
half-sister
Lois Layland
Birth: September 3, 1902 27 26Raymond, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
Death: February 17, 1990Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States
2 years
half-sister
Nellie Edith Layland
Birth: November 4, 1904 30 28Raymond, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
Death: March 17, 1963Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States
20 months
half-brother
Bertram Layland
Birth: June 1906 31 30Raymond, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
Death: December 1906Raymond, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
19 months
half-sister
Martha Gladys Layland
Birth: December 25, 1907 33 31Raymond, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
Death: June 1, 1987Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, United States
23 months
half-sister
Lola Gertrude Layland
Birth: November 30, 1909 35 33Raymond, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
Death: January 25, 2001
3 years
half-sister

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