The Shemwell Family

Michael ArvinAge: 95 years19041999

Name
Michael Arvin
Given names
Michael
Surname
Arvin
Birth February 5, 1904 41 40

Birth of a brotherReps Patrcik Arvin
December 2, 1905 (Age 21 months)

Birth of a brotherThomas Jefferson Arvin
July 3, 1908 (Age 4 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherFrances Elizabeth Jones
December 27, 1913 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a brotherStrother Banks Arvin
October 30, 1918 (Age 14 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 12 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 13 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 motherSarah Jane Arvin
August 14, 1922 (Age 18 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJamison Arvin
February 18, 1925 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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 fatherReps Arvin
September 22, 1934 (Age 30 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 45 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 brotherOmar D Arvin
March 5, 1975 (Age 71 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 brotherJennings Bryan Arvin
May 5, 1982 (Age 78 years)
Death of a sisterMelissa Frances Arvin
December 27, 1982 (Age 78 years)
Death of a sisterMary Elizabeth Arvin
June 7, 1991 (Age 87 years)

Death of a brotherReps Patrcik Arvin
March 17, 1993 (Age 89 years)

Death of a brotherThomas Jefferson Arvin
June 5, 1994 (Age 90 years)

Death June 1999 (Age 95 years)

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father
mother
Marriage: 1890Todd, Kentucky, United States
14 months
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
22 months
elder brother
2 years
elder brother
Jennings Bryan Arvin
Birth: May 20, 1897 34 33
Death: May 5, 1982Christian, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder sister
Melissa Frances Arvin
Birth: July 30, 1899 36 35
Death: December 27, 1982Christian, Kentucky, United States
23 months
elder sister
3 years
himself
22 months
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Thomas Jefferson Arvin
Birth: July 3, 1908 45 44Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 5, 1994

Michael Arvin has 23 first cousins recorded