The Shemwell Family

Name
William Augustus “Gus” Arvin
Given names
William Augustus
Nickname
Gus
Surname
Arvin
Birth August 20, 1910 29 20
Birth of a sisterMary Kaye Arvin
December 4, 1912 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherErnest Ray Arvin
March 28, 1915 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 years)

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 sisterMinnie Imogene “Gene” Arvin
August 5, 1917 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 6 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 7 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 motherLena Rivers Underwood
June 28, 1919 (Age 8 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Census between January 9, 1920 and January 10, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJamison Arvin
February 18, 1925 (Age 14 years)
Marriage of a parentLittle Berry Arvin Sr.Addie HarperView this family
September 17, 1925 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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
Marriage of a parentLittle Berry Arvin Sr.Rose Belle BakerView this family
February 10, 1932 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWilliam Thomas Franklin Arvin
December 28, 1932 (Age 22 years)
MarriageAlma Martha HayesView this family
March 7, 1934 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a half-brotherRaymond Elliot Arvin
June 12, 1935 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a half-sisterHelen Frances Arvin
July 6, 1937 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 39 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
Marriage of a parentLittle Berry Arvin Sr.Maude Lee FullerView this family
May 4, 1955 (Age 44 years)
Death of a fatherLittle Berry Arvin Sr.
May 29, 1956 (Age 45 years)
Cause: Coronary Thrombosis
Note: Son Ernest Arvin found him, he had a heart attack while on his tractor, he hit a rock and fell off.
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 March 18, 1984 (Age 73 years)
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