The Shemwell Family

Mary N HallAge: 84 years19061990

Name
Mary N Hall
Given names
Mary N
Surname
Hall
Married name
Mary N Donnell
Birth January 26, 1906
MarriageJoseph Alexander “Joe” DonnellView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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 23 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
Census April 6, 1940 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 43 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 husbandJoseph Alexander “Joe” Donnell
August 24, 1971 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 August 11, 1990 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: IOOF Cemetery
Family with Joseph Alexander “Joe” Donnell - View this family
husband
Joseph Alexander “Joe” Donnell
Birth: April 4, 1903 34 29Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 24, 1971Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
herself
Mary N Hall
Birth: January 26, 1906Gilbert, Searcy, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 11, 1990Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Marriage:

No family available

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Alexander “Joe” Donnell - Household

933 Claim Street Aurora, Kane, Illinois

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Donnell, JosephheadMW37MARHarneyCookILAssemblerRoad Equip. Mfg.
Donnell, MaryXwifeFW34MARHarneyCookIL