The Shemwell Family

Helen Marguerite CareyAge: 69 years19091978

Name
Helen Marguerite Carey
Given names
Helen Marguerite
Surname
Carey
Married name
Helen Marguerite Downie
Birth 1909 25 19
Birth of a brotherHarold J Carey
1910 (Age 12 months)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 15 months)
Death of a fatherWilliam Joseph Carey
February 5, 1914 (Age 5 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherBertha E Davis
April 11, 1915 (Age 6 years)
Marriage of a parentWendell Sumner DaggettFlorence Marguerite “Flossie” CasadView this family
Type: Religious marriage
September 18, 1916 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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/
Census January 2, 1920 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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 7, 1930 (Age 21 years)
Religious marriageLeonard DownieView this family
July 28, 1932 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1
John Leonard Downie
January 21, 1939 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 41 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 sonJohn Leonard Downie
November 11, 1955 (Age 46 years)
Cause: Skull fracture suffered in an auto accident
Death of a motherFlorence Marguerite “Flossie” Casad
1964 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 1978 (Age 69 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 22, 1908Ballard, King, Washington, United States
23 months
herself
2 years
younger brother
Mother’s family with Wendell Sumner Daggett - View this family
step-father
Wendell Sumner Daggett
Birth: March 12, 1894Mount Vernon, Skagit, Washington, United States
Death: 1962King, Washington, United States
mother
Marriage: September 18, 1916King, Washington, United States
Family with Leonard Downie - View this family
husband
Leonard Downie
Birth: August 22, 1901Seattle, King, Washington, United States
Death: October 11, 1985King, Washington, United States
herself
Marriage: July 28, 1932Seattle, King, Washington, United States
7 years
son
John Leonard Downie
Birth: January 21, 1939 37 30Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States
Death: November 11, 1955Enumclaw, King, Washington, United States

Helen Marguerite Carey has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Joseph Carey - Household

Seattle, King, Washington, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Carey, William JheadMW26M2MNMNMNpolicemancity
Carey, Florence MwifeFW21M222MNINOH
Carey, HelendaughterFW2SWAMNMN
Carey, William JsonMW1 monthSWAMNMN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Wendell Sumner Daggett - Household

Seattle, King, Washington, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Daggett, Wendell SheadMW27MWACanadaCanadapressmanprinting
Daggett, Florence MwifeFW29MMNUSIA
Carey, HelenstepdaughterFW11SWAMNMN
Carey, William JstepsonMW9SWAMNMN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Wendell Sumner Daggett - Household

Seattle, King, Washington, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Daggett, Wendell SheadMW37M27WAN IrelandN Irelandprinterprinting
Daggett, Florence MwifeFW39M17MNINIA
Daggett, Helen MstepdaughterFW21SWAMNMN
Daggett, Harold JstepsonMW20SWAMNMNsalesmanpublishing company