The Shemwell Family

Namely Abney

Name
Namely Abney
Given names
Namely
Surname
Abney
Birth of a sisterRuth Abney
March 30, 1895

Death of a paternal grandfatherJohnathan Abney
1895
Death of a sisterRuth Abney
January 8, 1896

Death of a brotherOrley Abney
May 15, 1897

Birth of a sisterLaura Abney
August 12, 1897

Death of a sisterLaura Abney
August 12, 1897

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898
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

Birth of a sisterOpal Gertrude Abney
November 12, 1901
Death of a brotherWayne Abney
September 17, 1902

Birth of a sisterEmma Abney
March 30, 1908

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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

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

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

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
Death of a motherElizabeth Keelin
March 16, 1944
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945

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
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
Death of a brotherArvel Abney
January 25, 1970
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975
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
Death of a sisterEmma Abney
June 19, 1996
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Marriage: December 10, 1884
2 years
brother
13 months
brother
23 months
brother
Eclen Abney
Birth: April 2, 1890 30 29
Death: October 5, 1967Galatia, Saline, Illinois, United States
2 years
brother
Arvel Abney
Birth: March 20, 1892 32 30
Death: January 25, 1970Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
3 years
sister
2 years
sister
19 months
brother
3 years
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
sister
Emma Abney
Birth: March 30, 1908 48 47
Death: June 19, 1996Benton, Franklin, Illinois, United States
himself

Namely Abney has 23 first cousins recorded