The Shemwell Family

Nellie M HickeyAge: 75 years18931969

Name
Nellie M Hickey
Given names
Nellie M
Surname
Hickey
Married name
Nellie M Dove
Birth October 12, 1893 36 38
Birth of a brotherHenry C Hickey
August 30, 1895 (Age 22 months)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a motherElzira Dollie McGlothlin
August 7, 1917 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 23 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 24 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 35 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 fatherSevier Frost Hickey
May 30, 1930 (Age 36 years)
Death of a sisterNora T Hickey
March 17, 1934 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 56 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 half-sisterAnnie Celia “Ota” Hickey
July 4, 1961 (Age 67 years)
Death of a brotherHenry C Hickey
June 1, 1965 (Age 71 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 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 10, 1969 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Park Cemetery
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father
mother
Elzira Dollie McGlothlin
Birth: October 8, 1855Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: August 7, 1917Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
Marriage: May 9, 1889Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder sister
Nora T Hickey
Birth: August 12, 1891 34 35Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: March 17, 1934St. Louis City, Missouri, United States
2 years
herself
Nellie M Hickey
Birth: October 12, 1893 36 38Missouri, United States
Death: September 10, 1969Clayton, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
23 months
younger brother
Henry C Hickey
Birth: August 30, 1895 38 39Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: June 1, 1965
Father’s family with Alice “Allie” Jackson - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: about 1884
20 months
half-sister
Annie Celia “Ota” Hickey
Birth: September 15, 1885 28 29Bates, Missouri, United States
Death: July 4, 1961Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States

Nellie M Hickey has 8 first cousins recorded

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