The Shemwell Family

Arvel AbneyAge: 77 years18921970

Name
Arvel Abney
Given names
Arvel
Surname
Abney
Birth March 20, 1892 32 30

Death of a maternal grandmotherJane Slaymaker
July 22, 1894 (Age 2 years)

Birth of a sisterRuth Abney
March 30, 1895 (Age 3 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherJohnathan Abney
1895 (Age 2 years)
Death of a sisterRuth Abney
January 8, 1896 (Age 3 years)

Death of a brotherOrley Abney
May 15, 1897 (Age 5 years)

Birth of a sisterLaura Abney
August 12, 1897 (Age 5 years)

Death of a sisterLaura Abney
August 12, 1897 (Age 5 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 6 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
Birth of a brotherWayne Abney
March 11, 1899 (Age 6 years)

Birth of a sisterOpal Gertrude Abney
November 12, 1901 (Age 9 years)
Death of a brotherWayne Abney
September 17, 1902 (Age 10 years)

Birth of a sisterEmma Abney
March 30, 1908 (Age 16 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 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 24 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 25 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 37 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 fatherLewis Abney
June 26, 1941 (Age 49 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Keelin
March 16, 1944 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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 57 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 brotherEclen Abney
October 5, 1967 (Age 75 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 53 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 January 25, 1970 (Age 77 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 10, 1884
2 years
elder brother
13 months
elder brother
23 months
elder brother
Eclen Abney
Birth: April 2, 1890 30 29
Death: October 5, 1967Galatia, Saline, Illinois, United States
2 years
himself
Arvel Abney
Birth: March 20, 1892 32 30
Death: January 25, 1970Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
3 years
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
19 months
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
Opal Gertrude Abney
Birth: November 12, 1901 42 40Galatia, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: February 23, 1995Beech Grove, Marion, Indiana, United States
6 years
younger sister
Emma Abney
Birth: March 30, 1908 48 47
Death: June 19, 1996Benton, Franklin, Illinois, United States
brother
Family with Audrey Hall - View this family
himself
Arvel Abney
Birth: March 20, 1892 32 30
Death: January 25, 1970Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
wife
daughter
Private

Arvel Abney has 23 first cousins recorded