The Shemwell Family

Name
Helen Elvadean Day
Given names
Helen Elvadean
Surname
Day
Married name
Helen Elvadean McKown
Birth February 3, 1920 19 17
Birth of a sisterAudrey Elizabeth Day
June 14, 1923 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJesse Leon Day
March 22, 1925 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Harold Day
October 17, 1927 (Age 7 years)
Death of a brotherJesse Leon Day
May 2, 1928 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 9 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 brotherJames Harold Day
March 8, 1930 (Age 10 years)
Census April 1, 1930 (Age 10 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Isaac Day
August 16, 1939 (Age 19 years)
Census May 21, 1940 (Age 20 years)
MarriageEverett Vernon McKownView this family
December 24, 1940 (Age 20 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherLewetta Belle “Laura” Eaglin
October 6, 1944 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 21 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 29 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 fatherJames Terry Milton Day
April 10, 1963 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 25 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 motherLaura Elizabeth Jackson
May 31, 1988 (Age 68 years)
Death June 7, 1993 (Age 73 years)
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