The Shemwell Family

Helen Mansfield ChurchAge: 93 years18971991

Name
Helen Mansfield Church
Given names
Helen Mansfield
Surname
Church
Married name
Helen Mansfield Wallis
Birth October 4, 1897
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 months)
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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 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 19 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 20 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 son
#1
Severn Teackle Wallis IV
June 20, 1923 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 31 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
Census April 7, 1930 (Age 32 years)
Census April 11, 1940 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 52 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 husbandSevern Teackle Wallis III
September 7, 1959 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 48 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 April 26, 1991 (Age 93 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Hope Cemetery
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husband
Severn Teackle Wallis III
Birth: July 17, 1896 33 33Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia, United States
Death: September 7, 1959Hialeah, Dade, Florida, United States
herself
Helen Mansfield Church
Birth: October 4, 1897Amador City, Amador, California, United States
Death: April 26, 1991Florida, United States
son
Severn Teackle Wallis IV
Birth: June 20, 1923 26 25Hawaii, United States
Death: November 11, 2000McComb, Pike, Mississippi, United States
daughter
Private

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Severn Teackle Wallis - Household

Fort Ethan, Allen, Chittenden, Vermont

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Wallis, Severn TheadMW33M26VALADCCaaptainU.S.A.
Wallis, Helen MwifeFW31M23CACACA
Wallis, Severn TsonMW6MHIVACA