The Shemwell Family

Emma AbneyAge: 88 years19081996

Name
Emma Abney
Given names
Emma
Surname
Abney
Birth March 30, 1908 48 47

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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 21 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 33 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Keelin
March 16, 1944 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 41 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 59 years)
Death of a brotherArvel Abney
January 25, 1970 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 sisterOpal Gertrude Abney
February 23, 1995 (Age 86 years)
Death June 19, 1996 (Age 88 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
elder brother
Arvel Abney
Birth: March 20, 1892 32 30
Death: January 25, 1970Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
3 years
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
19 months
elder brother
3 years
elder 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
herself
Emma Abney
Birth: March 30, 1908 48 47
Death: June 19, 1996Benton, Franklin, Illinois, United States
brother