The Shemwell Family

William Arthur GreeneAge: 65 years19001966

Name
William Arthur Greene
Given names
William Arthur
Surname
Greene
Birth July 5, 1900 34 24
Birth of a sisterIda Selena Greene
August 28, 1901 (Age 13 months)
Birth of a brotherGurney Norman Greene
July 22, 1903 (Age 3 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMabel Malinda “Linda” Watson
August 10, 1909 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Riley Greene
January 13, 1915 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 half-sisterNora Etta Greene
September 14, 1917 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 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 17 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 sisterLunda V Greene
March 27, 1922 (Age 21 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherHannah Salina McNeil
May 1, 1929 (Age 28 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherWesley Sherrill Greene
July 23, 1931 (Age 31 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Melvin Greene
April 27, 1944 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 49 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 sisterIda Selena Greene
February 1, 1955 (Age 54 years)
Death of a brotherGurney Norman Greene
February 5, 1955 (Age 54 years)
Death of a motherAdelaide Josephine Greene
March 7, 1966 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 June 7, 1966 (Age 65 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: April 18, 1891Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder sister
Lora Bessie Greene
Birth: August 13, 1893 28 17Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 10, 1978Alleghany, North Carolina, United States
6 years
elder sister
Lunda V Greene
Birth: July 1899 33 23Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 27, 1922Coshocton, Ohio, United States
1 year
himself
William Arthur Greene
Birth: July 5, 1900 34 24Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 7, 1966Burke, North Carolina, United States
14 months
younger sister
Ida Selena Greene
Birth: August 28, 1901 36 25Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 1, 1955Watauga, North Carolina, United States
23 months
younger brother
Gurney Norman Greene
Birth: July 22, 1903 37 27Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 5, 1955Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Father’s family with Celia L Hamby - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: May 2, 1885Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
4 years
half-sister
Nora Etta Greene
Birth: February 28, 1889 23 21Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 14, 1917Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

William Arthur Greene has 78 first cousins recorded

Father's family (78)

Parents Isaac Mikeal + Celia Greene
1Rachel Mikeal18631941
2John Allen Micheal18641951
3Nancy Mikeal18681947
8Mary Mikeal18821900
Parents Elihu Greene + Sarah Lucinda Gragg
2Roby Greene18691958
Parents William Willis “Bill” Greene + Nancy Elizabeth Carlton
Parents William Willis “Bill” Greene + Sarah M Greene
1Filmore L Greene18691924
Parents William Willis “Bill” Greene + Anna M Watson
Parents Solomon Riley Greene + Sarah Louisa Greene
1Zora Ellen Greene18721952
2Disia Etta Greene18751952
4James Ellis Greene18811958
7Joseph W Greene18941900
Parents Calvin Madison Carlton + Nancy Louisa “Eliza” Greene
Parents Harvey R Greene + Martha Lea Greene
2Port E Green18841906
3Mansfield F Greene18861965
Parents John Lundy Carlton + Camilla Greene
5Celia E Carlton18881976
7Lucy Belle Carlton18921978
10Mary C Carlton18981903
11Martha E Carlton19001903
Parents E Lindsay Greene + Sarah Ann Simmons
6Essie Elise Greene19001918
8Ella Mae Greene19051987
10Lawrence Hoy Greene19091923
Parents Richard Lee Greene + Conzora Elizabeth Carlton
1Manarka Lou Greene18891933
2Sara Thurza Greene18931992
3Mila Greene18951910
5Ola Mae Greene18991982
6George Carl Greene19061977

Mother's family (0)