The Shemwell Family

Gertrude Harmon “Goldie” MeisterAge: 71 years18861957

Name
Gertrude Harmon “Goldie” Meister
Given names
Gertrude Harmon
Surname
Meister
Nickname
Goldie
Married name
Gertrude Harmon Frost
Married name
Gertrude Harmon Watkins
Birth July 23, 1886
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
MarriageGeorge Thomas WatkinsView this family
September 16, 1903 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 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 30 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 31 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 43 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 husbandGeorge Thomas Watkins
October 6, 1943 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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
MarriageGay FrostView this family
January 29, 1949 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 63 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 59 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 October 30, 1957 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fort Bliss National Cemetery
Family with Gay Frost - View this family
husband
Gay Frost
Birth: May 8, 1886 60 33Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: March 18, 1974Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States
herself
Gertrude Harmon “Goldie” Meister
Birth: July 23, 1886Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Death: October 30, 1957El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States
Marriage: January 29, 1949El Paso, Texas, United States
Family with George Thomas Watkins - View this family
husband
George Thomas Watkins
Birth: March 31, 1870Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States
Death: October 6, 1943Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
herself
Gertrude Harmon “Goldie” Meister
Birth: July 23, 1886Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Death: October 30, 1957El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States
Marriage: September 16, 1903Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Gay Frost + Lucy Lavina Clark - View this family
husband
Gay Frost
Birth: May 8, 1886 60 33Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: March 18, 1974Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States
husband’s wife
Lucy Lavina Clark
Birth: June 28, 1889Red Willow, Red Willow, Nebraska, United States
Death: August 31, 1981Stillwater, Payne, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: September 18, 1958Sonoma, California, United States

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