The Shemwell Family

Frederick AbneyAge: 86 years18811968

Name
Frederick Abney
Given names
Frederick
Surname
Abney
Birth November 19, 1881 26 24

MarriageElsie LannimghamView this family
unknown

Birth of a brotherLeeman Abney
December 20, 1883 (Age 2 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Keelin
May 15, 1884 (Age 2 years)
Death of a brotherLeeman Abney
July 7, 1884 (Age 2 years)

Birth of a sisterBlanche Abney
August 4, 1886 (Age 4 years)

Birth of a brotherHerbert Abney
September 13, 1888 (Age 6 years)

Death of a sisterBlanche Abney
1890 (Age 8 years)

Birth of a sisterReba Abney
March 27, 1891 (Age 9 years)

Death of a maternal grandmotherJane Slaymaker
July 22, 1894 (Age 12 years)

Death of a sisterReba Abney
October 23, 1895 (Age 13 years)

Birth of a sisterRuby Abney
February 20, 1896 (Age 14 years)

Birth of a brotherJoseph Abney
October 20, 1896 (Age 14 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 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
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Polly Murphy
January 10, 1902 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a sisterPolly Abney
July 23, 1903 (Age 21 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJesse Abney
January 20, 1910 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 34 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 35 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 36 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 47 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 60 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
Death of a fatherHenry Lewis Abney
May 28, 1949 (Age 67 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 68 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 brotherCharles Abney
April 14, 1960 (Age 78 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 64 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 May 22, 1968 (Age 86 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 3, 1877
19 months
elder sister
Ota Abney
Birth: December 31, 1878 23 21Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: January 20, 1970
11 months
elder brother
2 years
himself
2 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
6 years
younger brother
-8 months
younger sister
7 years
younger sister
Polly Abney
Birth: July 23, 1903 48 46Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death:
Family with Elsie Lannimgham - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage:
Family with Grace Owen - View this family
himself
wife
daughter
Private

Frederick Abney has 26 first cousins recorded