The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth Lee Hege1898

Name
Elizabeth Lee Hege
Given names
Elizabeth Lee
Surname
Hege
Married name
Elizabeth Lee Harmon
Birth June 1898 40 32
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898
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
Census June 18, 1900 (Age 2 years)
Death of a sisterMary Theresa Hege
July 5, 1900 (Age 2 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam E Hege
April 5, 1902 (Age 3 years)
Marriage of a parentWilliam Gaston PenrySallie Lee NooeView this family
Type: Religious marriage
January 6, 1904 (Age 5 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Martha Vannoy
February 12, 1905 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 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 18 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 19 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/
Religious marriageFitzhugh Battalle HarmonView this family
June 26, 1919 (Age 21 years)
Census January 2, 1920 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 31 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 motherSallie Lee Nooe
January 9, 1940 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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 51 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 47 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
William E Hege
Birth: August 1857North Carolina, United States
Death: April 5, 1902Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
mother
Sallie Lee Nooe
Birth: October 3, 1865 41 27Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 9, 1940Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: June 21, 1887Davidson, North Carolina, United States
13 months
elder sister
Mary Theresa Hege
Birth: July 1888 30 22Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 5, 1900Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
10 years
herself
Mother’s family with William Gaston Penry - View this family
step-father
William Gaston Penry
Birth: July 27, 1858Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 1, 1914Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
mother
Sallie Lee Nooe
Birth: October 3, 1865 41 27Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 9, 1940Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: January 6, 1904Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
half-brother
Family with Fitzhugh Battalle Harmon - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: June 26, 1919Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States

Elizabeth Lee Hege has 8 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William E Hege - Household

Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Hege, William EsonWMAug185742MNCCTCTclerk dry goods store
Hege, Sallie Ldaughter in lawWFOct186533M22NCNCNC
Hege, Mary TgranddaughterWFJul188811SNCNCNC
Hege, Elizabeth LgranddaughterWFJun18981SNCNCNC

Living in T Hege household

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Sallie Lee Nooe - Household

Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Penry, Mrs. W GheadFW49WdNCNCNC
Harmon, Fitzhugh BheadMW22MTXVAproprietor garage
Harmon, ElizabethwifeFW21MNCNCNC