The Shemwell Family

Lawrence Hoy GreeneAge: 13 years19091923

Name
Lawrence Hoy Greene
Given names
Lawrence Hoy
Surname
Greene
Birth November 30, 1909 40 40
Birth of a sisterDicie Savannah Greene
July 25, 1912 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Riley Greene
January 13, 1915 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a sisterEssie Elise Greene
April 28, 1918 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 7 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 8 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 brotherFinnis Norman Greene
March 2, 1920 (Age 10 years)
Death June 14, 1923 (Age 13 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 7, 1885Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
1 month
elder brother
Pardie Sherman Greene
Birth: November 24, 1885 16 16Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 26, 1972South Boston, Halifax, Virginia, United States
3 years
elder brother
2 years
elder brother
Finnis Norman Greene
Birth: February 11, 1891 21 21Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 2, 1920Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder brother
Emmit Carson Greene
Birth: June 20, 1893 24 23Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 23, 1959Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder brother
4 years
elder sister
Essie Elise Greene
Birth: March 1, 1900 30 30Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 28, 1918Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder sister
4 years
elder sister
Ella Mae Greene
Birth: December 27, 1905 36 36Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 11, 1987Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
17 months
elder brother
Clarence Vaughn Greene
Birth: June 10, 1907 38 37Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 21, 1997Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
3 years
himself
Lawrence Hoy Greene
Birth: November 30, 1909 40 40Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 14, 1923Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
Dicie Savannah Greene
Birth: July 25, 1912 43 42Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 17, 1998Wilkes, North Carolina, United States