The Shemwell Family

Josie May JonesAge: 85 years18801965

Name
Josie May Jones
Given names
Josie May
Surname
Jones
Married name
Josie May Barney
Birth June 18, 1880
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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
MarriageDavid Edwin BarneyView this family
May 28, 1904 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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/
Death of a husbandDavid Edwin Barney
August 1, 1919 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 49 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 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 69 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 65 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 16, 1965 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Odd Fellows Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum
Family with David Edwin Barney - View this family
husband
David Edwin Barney
Birth: September 3, 1880 50 23Chico, Butte, California, United States
Death: August 1, 1919San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
herself
Josie May Jones
Birth: June 18, 1880California, United States
Death: September 16, 1965Sacramento, California, United States
Marriage: May 28, 1904Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States
David Edwin Barney + Mildred Irene Owens - View this family
husband
David Edwin Barney
Birth: September 3, 1880 50 23Chico, Butte, California, United States
Death: August 1, 1919San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
husband’s wife
Mildred Irene Owens
Birth: November 25, 1897Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Death: December 3, 1962Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: June 18, 1919Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States

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