The Shemwell Family

Pedro Costa AustinAge: 54 years19141969

Name
Pedro Costa Austin
Given names
Pedro Costa
Surname
Austin
Birth October 9, 1914
MarriageBetty Jane FlemingView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 months)

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 2 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 3 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 14 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 35 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 31 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 January 15, 1969 (Age 54 years)
Family with Betty Jane Fleming - View this family
himself
Pedro Costa Austin
Birth: October 9, 1914Douglas, Cochise, Arizona, United States
Death: January 15, 1969San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, United States
wife
Marriage:
Charles Edgar Back + Betty Jane Fleming - View this family
wife’s husband
Charles Edgar Back
Birth: November 15, 1919 40 34Ridgway, Gallatin, Illinois, United States
Death: September 9, 2002Malvern, Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States
wife
Marriage: September 20, 1947Garland, Arkansas, United States
Divorce: November 7, 1951Garland, Arkansas, United States
21 months
step-son
Charles Edgar Back Jr
Birth: June 30, 1949 29 20Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 12, 2022Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Caleb Waltern Corrington Jr + Betty Jane Fleming - View this family
wife’s husband
Caleb Waltern Corrington Jr
Birth: December 25, 1922Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 16, 2001Mount Holly, Burlington, New Jersey, United States
wife
step-son
Private
Marion Thomas Whisenhunt + Betty Jane Fleming - View this family
wife’s husband
Marion Thomas Whisenhunt
Birth: September 3, 1918Montgomery, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 6, 1984Shasta, California, United States
wife
Marriage: January 15, 1944Garland, Arkansas, United States

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