The Shemwell Family

Alfred Torlef TestallAge: 83 years18821966

Name
Alfred Torlef Testall
Given names
Alfred Torlef
Surname
Testall
Birth December 19, 1882
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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
MarriageBertha F ReiymeyerView this family
May 8, 1914 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Theodore William “Duke” Testall
February 18, 1915 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 33 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a son
#2
George Washington Testall
February 22, 1917 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 34 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 35 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 46 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 58 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 67 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 wifeBertha F Reiymeyer
February 8, 1961 (Age 78 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 63 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 May 9, 1966 (Age 83 years)
Family with Bertha F Reiymeyer - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: May 8, 1914Seattle, King, Washington, United States
9 months
son
Theodore William “Duke” Testall
Birth: February 18, 1915 32 19Seattle, King, Washington, United States
Death: April 22, 2000East Wenatchee, Douglas, Washington, United States
2 years
son
George Washington Testall
Birth: February 22, 1917 34 21Napavine, Lewis, Washington, United States
Death: March 17, 1991Seattle, King, Washington, United States
Ernest Snow Frost + Bertha F Reiymeyer - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
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