The Shemwell Family

Alfred Baker Gibson1900

Name
Alfred Baker Gibson
Given names
Alfred Baker
Surname
Gibson
Birth about 1900 31 16
Birth of a brotherRobert Burdette Gibson
May 31, 1901 (Age 16 months)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Jane Frost
July 12, 1905 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterAlice May Gibson
November 11, 1907 (Age 7 years)
Death of a motherIda May Crockett
September 20, 1911 (Age 11 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 paternal grandfatherPvt Jeremiah “Jerry” Gibson
March 20, 1917 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 17 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 18 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 29 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 fatherRaymond Sevier Gibson
December 17, 1932 (Age 32 years)
Death of a brotherRobert Burdette Gibson
October 19, 1942 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 50 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 46 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
Deathunknown

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father
Raymond Sevier Gibson
Birth: February 22, 1868 23 35Tennessee, United States
Death: December 17, 1932Minden, Webster, Louisiana, United States
mother
Marriage: July 2, 1899Luxora, Mississippi, Arkansas, United States
18 months
himself
17 months
younger brother
Robert Burdette Gibson
Birth: May 31, 1901 33 17Mississippi, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 19, 1942Los Angeles, California, United States
6 years
younger sister
Alice May Gibson
Birth: November 11, 1907 39 23Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States
Death:

Alfred Baker Gibson has 11 first cousins recorded