The Shemwell Family

Manarka Lou GreeneAge: 43 years18891933

Name
Manarka Lou Greene
Given names
Manarka Lou
Surname
Greene
Married name
Manarka Lou Adkins
Birth May 9, 1889 16 21
Birth of a sisterSara Thurza Greene
March 15, 1893 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterMila Greene
March 1895 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam McKinley Greene
March 26, 1896 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Birth of a sisterOla Mae Greene
May 15, 1899 (Age 10 years)

Birth of a brotherGeorge Carl Greene
March 30, 1906 (Age 16 years)

Birth of a sisterMattie Beatrice Greene
May 6, 1909 (Age 19 years)

Death of a paternal grandmotherMabel Malinda “Linda” Watson
August 10, 1909 (Age 20 years)
Death of a sisterMila Greene
before 1910 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a sisterNettie Zelma Greene
June 12, 1912 (Age 23 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Riley Greene
January 13, 1915 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 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 fatherRichard Lee Greene
September 28, 1918 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 27 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 28 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/
Marriage of a parentJames Garfield M ReeceConzora Elizabeth CarltonView this family
March 21, 1920 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 40 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 February 8, 1933 (Age 43 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1888
16 months
herself
Manarka Lou Greene
Birth: May 9, 1889 16 21Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 8, 1933Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
4 years
younger sister
Sara Thurza Greene
Birth: March 15, 1893 19 24Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 14, 1992Catawba, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger sister
Mila Greene
Birth: March 1895 21 26Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1910
13 months
younger brother
William McKinley Greene
Birth: March 26, 1896 22 27Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 22, 1975Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
7 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
Mother’s family with James Garfield M Reece - View this family
step-father
James Garfield M Reece
Birth: about 1876North Carolina, United States
Death: October 28, 1932Granville, North Carolina, United States
mother
Marriage: March 21, 1920Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States