The Shemwell Family

Mabel Gertrude CarrAge: 106 years19072013

Name
Mabel Gertrude Carr
Given names
Mabel Gertrude
Surname
Carr
Married name
Mabel Gertrude MacKay
Birth May 8, 1907 28 23
MarriageCharles MacKayView this family
unknown

Death of a fatherOra Carr
August 1907 (Age 2 months)
Death of a paternal grandfatherMichael Carr
April 17, 1912 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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/
Death of a paternal grandmotherAlpharetta C “Alpha” Holland
February 21, 1928 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 42 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 motherElsie Jane Reed
October 6, 1974 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 husbandCharles MacKay
1983 (Age 75 years)
Death of a sisterBeulah Pearl Carr
March 19, 2006 (Age 98 years)
Death July 5, 2013 (Age 106 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
Ora Carr
Birth: March 8, 1879 28 19Tonti, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: August 1907Gardner, Johnson, Kansas, United States
mother
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
elder sister
Beulah Pearl Carr
Birth: November 1, 1903 24 19Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 19, 2006Stony Plain, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
4 years
herself
Mabel Gertrude Carr
Birth: May 8, 1907 28 23Oklahoma, United States
Death: July 5, 2013Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada
Family with Charles MacKay - View this family
husband
herself
Mabel Gertrude Carr
Birth: May 8, 1907 28 23Oklahoma, United States
Death: July 5, 2013Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada
Marriage:

Mabel Gertrude Carr has 12 first cousins recorded