The Shemwell Family

Donald James Williams SrAge: 65 years19121977

Name
Donald James Williams Sr
Given names
Donald James
Surname
Williams
Name suffix
Sr
Birth April 12, 1912
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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 17 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
Birth of a son
#1
James E Williams
May 20, 1931 (Age 19 years)
Death of a sonJames E Williams
November 20, 1932 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Donald James Williams Jr
July 26, 1937 (Age 25 years)
Census April 18, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Jerry Allan Williams
December 4, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Death of a sonJerry Allan Williams
February 5, 1941 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 37 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 September 1977 (Age 65 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Northumberland Memorial Park
Family with Blanche Viola Foster - View this family
himself
wife
son
James E Williams
Birth: May 20, 1931 19 13Pennsylvania, United States
Death: November 20, 1932Pennsylvania, United States
6 years
son
Donald James Williams Jr
Birth: July 26, 1937 25 19Pennsylvania, United States
Death: July 1978Pennsylvania, United States
son
Private
daughter
Private
son
Jerry Allan Williams
Birth: December 4, 1940 28 22Pennsylvania, United States
Death: February 5, 1941Pennsylvania, United States

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