The Shemwell Family

William McKinley GreeneAge: 78 years18961975

Name
William McKinley Greene
Given names
William McKinley
Surname
Greene
Birth March 26, 1896 22 27
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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 3 years)

Birth of a brotherGeorge Carl Greene
March 30, 1906 (Age 10 years)

Birth of a sisterMattie Beatrice Greene
May 6, 1909 (Age 13 years)

Death of a paternal grandmotherMabel Malinda “Linda” Watson
August 10, 1909 (Age 13 years)
Death of a sisterMila Greene
before 1910 (Age 13 years)

Birth of a sisterNettie Zelma Greene
June 12, 1912 (Age 16 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Riley Greene
January 13, 1915 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 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 22 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 20 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 21 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 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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 sisterManarka Lou Greene
February 8, 1933 (Age 36 years)
Death of a motherConzora Elizabeth Carlton
June 24, 1942 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 53 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 sisterNettie Zelma Greene
February 2, 1969 (Age 72 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 March 22, 1975 (Age 78 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1888
16 months
elder sister
Manarka Lou Greene
Birth: May 9, 1889 16 21Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 8, 1933Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
4 years
elder sister
Sara Thurza Greene
Birth: March 15, 1893 19 24Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 14, 1992Catawba, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder sister
Mila Greene
Birth: March 1895 21 26Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1910
13 months
himself
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