The Shemwell Family

Emma Narmesia GreeneAge: 82 years18701953

Name
Emma Narmesia Greene
Given names
Emma Narmesia
Surname
Greene
Married name
Emma Narmesia Young
Birth May 10, 1870 59 40
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 7 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a fatherRobert Greene
January 14, 1885 (Age 14 years)
Death of a motherJulia Ann Moore
July 4, 1886 (Age 16 years)
Death of a half-sisterLouisa Greene
February 24, 1892 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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
Death of a half-brotherLeonidas Leander Greene
November 2, 1898 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 45 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 46 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 47 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 half-sisterElizabeth Ellen Greene
April 15, 1926 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 59 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 71 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
Death of a sisterRosa Anna Greene
July 15, 1946 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 79 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 75 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 January 28, 1953 (Age 82 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Julia Ann Moore
Birth: February 2, 1830Burke, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 4, 1886Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Marriage:
elder sister
Rosa Anna Greene
Birth: September 19, 1866 56 36Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 15, 1946Bakersville, Mitchell, North Carolina, United States
4 years
herself
Emma Narmesia Greene
Birth: May 10, 1870 59 40Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 28, 1953Bakersville, Mitchell, North Carolina, United States
Father’s family with Chanie Elrod - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: February 28, 1834
11 months
half-sister
Sarah Greene
Birth: February 7, 1835 24 17North Carolina, United States
Death: March 7, 1835North Carolina, United States
2 years
half-sister
Louisa Greene
Birth: February 7, 1837 26 19North Carolina, United States
Death: February 24, 1892Kennedale, Tarrant, Texas, United States
3 years
half-brother
3 years
half-sister
Mary Greene
Birth: September 23, 1841 31 24North Carolina, United States
Death: June 23, 1844North Carolina, United States
4 years
half-brother
Leonidas Leander Greene
Birth: November 11, 1845 35 28North Carolina, United States
Death: November 2, 1898Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
half-sister
Elizabeth Ellen Greene
Birth: September 4, 1848 38 31Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 15, 1926Washington, Tennessee, United States