The Shemwell Family

Ruby AbneyAge: 86 years18961983

Name
Ruby Abney
Given names
Ruby
Surname
Abney
Married name
Ruby Bozarth
Birth February 20, 1896 40 38

Birth of a brotherJoseph Abney
October 20, 1896 (Age 8 months)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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 5 years)

Birth of a sisterPolly Abney
July 23, 1903 (Age 7 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJesse Abney
January 20, 1910 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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 33 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 45 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 53 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 53 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 64 years)

Death of a brotherFrederick Abney
May 22, 1968 (Age 72 years)

Death of a sisterOta Abney
January 20, 1970 (Age 73 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 brotherHerbert Abney
June 5, 1976 (Age 80 years)

Death of a brotherJoseph Abney
February 19, 1982 (Age 85 years)

Death 1983 (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
elder brother
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
6 years
younger brother
-8 months
herself
7 years
younger sister
Polly Abney
Birth: July 23, 1903 48 46Galaita, Saline, Illinois, United States
Death:
Family with Joe Bozarth - View this family
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herself
daughter
Private
daughter
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son
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Ruby Abney has 26 first cousins recorded