The Shemwell Family

Florence Mae AllisonAge: 80 years19101990

Name
Florence Mae Allison
Given names
Florence Mae
Surname
Allison
Married name
Florence Mae Wells
Married name
Florence Mae Hickman
Birth February 2, 1910
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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
Census April 5, 1930 (Age 20 years)
Census April 15, 1940 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 39 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 35 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 of a husbandFredrick Lew Wells
March 9, 1985 (Age 75 years)
Death July 27, 1990 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenlawn Cemetery and Mortuary
Family with Fredrick Lew Wells - View this family
husband
Fredrick Lew Wells
Birth: September 13, 1905 21 16Randsburg, Kern, California, United States
Death: March 9, 1985Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California, United States
herself
daughter
Private
Family with Harold Lane “Hick” Hickman - View this family
husband
herself
daughter
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Fredrick Lew Wells + … … - View this family
husband
Fredrick Lew Wells
Birth: September 13, 1905 21 16Randsburg, Kern, California, United States
Death: March 9, 1985Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California, United States
step-son
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