The Shemwell Family

Rena Mae MurphyAge: 76 years19111988

Name
Rena Mae Murphy
Given names
Rena Mae
Surname
Murphy
Married name
Rena Mae Carver
Birth November 8, 1911
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 6 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 17 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
Birth of a daughter
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Arla Deane Carver
December 25, 1932 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 38 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 34 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 husbandRandall Vick Carver
May 18, 1977 (Age 65 years)
Death February 5, 1988 (Age 76 years)
Family with Randall Vick Carver - View this family
husband
Randall Vick Carver
Birth: January 17, 1909 29 29Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 18, 1977Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
herself
Rena Mae Murphy
Birth: November 8, 1911Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 5, 1988Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Arla Deane Carver
Birth: December 25, 1932 23 21Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 15, 2004Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
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