The Shemwell Family

Lelia E ChaseAge: 83 years19071990

Name
Lelia E Chase
Given names
Lelia E
Surname
Chase
Married name
Lelia E Boniol
Birth March 11, 1907

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
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World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 10 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/
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The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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
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Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 husbandWilliam Bernice “Willie” Boniol
August 17, 1967 (Age 60 years)
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Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 March 27, 1990 (Age 83 years)
Family with William Bernice “Willie” Boniol - View this family
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William Bernice “Willie” Boniol + Eva Vandever Selby - View this family
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Marriage: November 9, 1921Rapides, Louisiana, United States
15 months
step-daughter
Ruth Boniol
Birth: February 2, 1923 19 26Louisiana, United States
Death: July 8, 2012Center Point, Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States
23 months
step-son
William Bernice Boniol Jr
Birth: January 8, 1925 21 28Meeker, Rapides, Louisiana, United States
Death: March 20, 2008Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
2 years
step-son
John Dawson Boniol
Birth: February 12, 1927 23 30Meeker, Rapides, Louisiana, United States
Death: October 14, 2013Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
21 months
step-son
James Edward Boniol
Birth: October 31, 1928 25 31Lecompte, Rapides, Louisiana, United States
Death: May 7, 2015Pleasant Hill, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States

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