The Shemwell Family

Name
William Hooper Greene
Given names
William Hooper
Surname
Greene
Birth September 14, 1921 27 19
Birth of a sisterCreola Vicie Greene
January 14, 1924 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterVelma Lea Greene
October 1, 1926 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterVernita Greene
February 22, 1928 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 8 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 brotherBen Lindsay Greene
January 30, 1933 (Age 11 years)
Death of a sisterCreola Vicie Greene
August 13, 1940 (Age 18 years)
Death of a sisterVelma Lea Greene
August 13, 1940 (Age 18 years)
Death of a sisterVernita Greene
August 13, 1940 (Age 18 years)
Death of a fatherAndrew William Greene
August 13, 1940 (Age 18 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherBennette Ferguson Greene
January 30, 1944 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 20 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 of a maternal grandfatherE Lindsay Greene
December 25, 1946 (Age 25 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherRebecca Lucinda Miller
March 30, 1950 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 28 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 maternal grandmotherSarah Ann Simmons
October 3, 1955 (Age 34 years)
Death of a motherEliza Esther Greene
April 26, 1969 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 24 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 8, 1995 (Age 73 years)
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