The Shemwell Family

William Ralph SkillernAge: 19 years19041923

Name
William Ralph Skillern
Given names
William Ralph
Surname
Skillern
Birth July 20, 1904 32 35
Birth of a sisterHelen Frances Skillern
about 1906 (Age 17 months)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Audley “Ed” Skillern
February 10, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterCaroline Skillern
about 1912 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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 fatherNealious Brown Skillern
August 10, 1921 (Age 17 years)
Death October 12, 1923 (Age 19 years)
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father
mother
Mary Elizabeth Hinch
Birth: March 15, 1869 42 40Ooltewah, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 18, 1941Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Marriage: June 30, 1888Lawrence, Tennessee, United States
14 years
elder brother
Charles Wheeler Skillern
Birth: December 27, 1901 29 32Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia, United States
Death: April 17, 1929Jackson, Missouri, United States
3 years
himself
William Ralph Skillern
Birth: July 20, 1904 32 35Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: October 12, 1923Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
2 years
younger sister
Helen Frances Skillern
Birth: about 1906 33 36Missouri, United States
Death: July 21, 1970Raytown, Jackson, Missouri, United States
7 years
younger sister