The Shemwell Family

Name
Ernest Ewing Burke
Given names
Ernest Ewing
Surname
Burke
Birth April 9, 1886
MarriageMaude Gertrude “Maudie” StagnerView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 years)
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
Birth of a son
#1
Clarence Ewing Burke
June 9, 1911 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Thomas Elzie Burke
April 25, 1913 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Ora Mae Burke
January 24, 1915 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#4
John Delbert “Johnnie” Burke
November 22, 1916 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 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 30 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 31 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
#5
James Raymond Burke
July 26, 1919 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Hershel Melvin Burke
February 3, 1922 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Vonnie Elizabeth Burke
March 13, 1924 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a son
#8
Charles Owen Burke
May 3, 1927 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 43 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 grandson
#1
William Eugene Burke
July 6, 1933 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Gladys Ann Burke
November 8, 1933 (Age 47 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Luther BrownOra Mae BurkeView this family
December 29, 1934 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Dorothy Louise Burke
June 13, 1935 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Robert Ewing Burke
December 6, 1935 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Grace Evelyn Burke
January 22, 1937 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Betty Lou Burke
April 3, 1939 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Thomas Edward Burke
February 5, 1941 (Age 54 years)
Death of a sonJames Raymond Burke
September 29, 1942 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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 December 17, 1942 (Age 56 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Flat Lick Cemetery
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