The Shemwell Family

Myrtle Lee Hawkins1899

Name
Myrtle Lee Hawkins
Given names
Myrtle Lee
Surname
Hawkins
Married name
Myrtle Lee Angle
Birth December 23, 1899 44 20
Marriage of parentsJames Martin HawkinsLula RutledgeView this family
1899

Census June 4, 1900 (Age 5 months)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 17 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 18 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 marriageJohn AngleView this family
June 2, 1920 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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 41 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 50 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 46 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
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mother
Marriage: 1899
1 year
herself
Father’s family with Sarah A A Thompson - View this family
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step-mother
Marriage: October 17, 1875Logan, Kentucky, United States
14 months
half-sister
3 years
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2 years
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5 years
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22 months
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3 years
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2 years
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Family with John Angle - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: June 2, 1920Eaton, Weld, Colorado, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James Martin Hawkins - Household

Wilson, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Hawkins, MartinheadWMAug184743M1KYKYKYmachine agent
Hawkins, LulawifeWFNov187920M111TNTNTN
Hawkins, MyrtledaughterWFDec18995 monthsSTNKYTN
Hawkins, EffiedaughterWFAug188316STNKYKY
Hawkins, NaniedaughterWFMay188515SKYKYKY
Hawkins, Nellie daughterWFApr188812SKYKYKY
Hawkins, SalliedaughterWFJul18909SKYKYKY