The Shemwell Family

Name
Robin Elijah Walker
Given names
Robin Elijah
Surname
Walker
Birth about 1910 50 42
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Monroe Beaty Walker
December 20, 1910
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Adaline Frost
January 2, 1911 (Age 12 months)
Death of a fatherElijah Frost “Lige” Walker
July 21, 1914 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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 motherEmma May Dunbar
January 7, 1919 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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 31 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 brotherLee Young Walker
March 16, 1952 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 40 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 brotherJohn Jay Walker
May 12, 1959 (Age 49 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Earl “Dutch” Walker
October 12, 1961 (Age 51 years)
Burial of a brotherWilliam Earl “Dutch” Walker
October 13, 1961 (Age 51 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crossville City Cemetery
Death of a sisterDoris May Walker
January 22, 1972 (Age 62 years)
Death of a sisterCecil Fay Walker
June 3, 1973 (Age 63 years)
Burial of a sisterCecil Fay Walker
June 5, 1973 (Age 63 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maple Hill Cemetery
Death of a sisterMaude Walker
February 9, 1974 (Age 64 years)
Burial of a sisterMaude Walker
February 12, 1974 (Age 64 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 February 9, 1977 (Age 67 years)
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