The Shemwell Family

Elsie Jane ReedAge: 90 years18841974

Name
Elsie Jane Reed
Given names
Elsie Jane
Surname
Reed
Married name
Elsie Jane Carr
Birth May 1884
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 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
MarriageOra CarrView this family
January 11, 1903 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Beulah Pearl Carr
November 1, 1903 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mabel Gertrude Carr
May 8, 1907 (Age 23 years)
Death of a husbandOra Carr
August 1907 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 31 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 32 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 33 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 45 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Ora O Burger
1931 (Age 46 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 57 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 65 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 61 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 October 6, 1974 (Age 90 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Inga Cemetery
Family with Ora Carr - View this family
husband
Ora Carr
Birth: March 8, 1879 28 19Tonti, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: August 1907Gardner, Johnson, Kansas, United States
herself
Elsie Jane Reed
Birth: May 1884Kansas, United States
Death: October 6, 1974Stony Plain, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Marriage: January 11, 1903Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States
10 months
daughter
Beulah Pearl Carr
Birth: November 1, 1903 24 19Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 19, 2006Stony Plain, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
4 years
daughter
Mabel Gertrude Carr
Birth: May 8, 1907 28 23Oklahoma, United States
Death: July 5, 2013Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada

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