The Shemwell Family

Mary Alma ConyersAge: 101 years19012003

Name
Mary Alma Conyers
Given names
Mary Alma
Surname
Conyers
Married name
Mary Alma Koerner
Birth November 17, 1901 30 29
Birth of a sisterMarjorie Lee Conyers
February 7, 1908 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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 27 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
Death of a motherClara Adeline Frost
January 17, 1939 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 48 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 sisterMarjorie Lee Conyers
January 3, 1964 (Age 62 years)
Death of a fatherWesley Rall Conyers
June 30, 1968 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 23, 2003 (Age 101 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Clara Adeline Frost
Birth: January 19, 1872 49 41Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: January 17, 1939Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Marriage: September 19, 1900Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States
14 months
herself
Mary Alma Conyers
Birth: November 17, 1901 30 29Ellis, Ellis, Kansas, United States
Death: May 23, 2003Lemont, DuPage, Illinois, United States
6 years
younger sister
Marjorie Lee Conyers
Birth: February 7, 1908 36 36Ellis, Ellis, Kansas, United States
Death: January 3, 1964Sun Valley, Los Angeles, California, United States
Father’s family with Cynthia Ellen Babb - View this family
father
step-mother
Cynthia Ellen Babb
Birth: September 17, 1874Jackson, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States
Death: December 4, 1952Cook, Illinois, United States
Marriage:

Mary Alma Conyers has 19 first cousins recorded