The Shemwell Family

Gurney Norman GreeneAge: 51 years19031955

Name
Gurney Norman Greene
Given names
Gurney Norman
Surname
Greene
Birth July 22, 1903 37 27
Death of a paternal grandmotherMabel Malinda “Linda” Watson
August 10, 1909 (Age 6 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Riley Greene
January 13, 1915 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 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 14 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 13 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 14 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 18 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherHannah Salina McNeil
May 1, 1929 (Age 25 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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 28 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Melvin Greene
April 27, 1944 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 46 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 51 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 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 February 5, 1955 (Age 51 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
elder brother
William Arthur Greene
Birth: July 5, 1900 34 24Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 7, 1966Burke, North Carolina, United States
14 months
elder sister
Ida Selena Greene
Birth: August 28, 1901 36 25Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 1, 1955Watauga, North Carolina, United States
23 months
himself
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