The Shemwell Family

Name
Bill Alonzo Donnell
Given names
Bill Alonzo
Surname
Donnell
Birth January 12, 1926 30 27
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 3 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 brotherHarold Raymond Donnell
May 9, 1933 (Age 7 years)
Death of a brotherHarold Raymond Donnell
May 25, 1934 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherLonnie Donnell
October 8, 1934 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 15 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 paternal grandmotherMary Melissa Kittrell
December 12, 1950 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 23 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Rosella Vee “Penny” Donnell
March 20, 1955 (Age 29 years)
Death of a daughterRosella Vee “Penny” Donnell
March 7, 1973 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 19 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 fatherClarence Alonzo Donnell
January 18, 1983 (Age 57 years)
Death of a motherTabitha Adaline Huffman
November 21, 1987 (Age 61 years)
Death of a wifeLaVonne Adelle Sloan
March 29, 2000 (Age 74 years)
Death October 25, 2010 (Age 84 years)
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