The Shemwell Family

Madeline Lee McGeeAge: 96 years19152012

Name
Madeline Lee McGee
Given names
Madeline Lee
Surname
McGee
Married name
Madeline Lee Stigall
Married name
Madeline Lee Duddles
Birth August 23, 1915 28 22
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 months)

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 sisterWinona A McGee
April 5, 1917 (Age 19 months)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 months)

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 2 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/
Birth of a brotherRobert Bruce McGee
October 19, 1919 (Age 4 years)
Census January 7, 1920 (Age 4 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Melissa Troutman
February 7, 1920 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherDouglas Rowe McGee
October 30, 1922 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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 maternal grandfatherBenjamin Franklin Rouch
August 27, 1930 (Age 15 years)

Census April 15, 1940 (Age 24 years)
Death of a sisterWinona A McGee
September 21, 1940 (Age 25 years)
Death of a brotherDouglas Rowe McGee
April 15, 1944 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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
Census April 10, 1950 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 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 husbandHubert Bert Stigall
June 14, 1955 (Age 39 years)
MarriageRobert William DuddlesView this family
November 9, 1960 (Age 45 years)
Death of a fatherBruce Randolph McGee
February 1972 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 of a motherMildred Pearl “Millie” Rouch
January 17, 1984 (Age 68 years)
Event
Mildred Pearl “Millie” Rouch
January 18, 1984 (Age 68 years)
Death of a husbandRobert William Duddles
September 15, 1987 (Age 72 years)
Death of a brotherRobert Bruce McGee
January 26, 2008 (Age 92 years)
Death July 30, 2012 (Age 96 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Los Angeles National Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 12, 1913Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
6 months
elder sister
19 months
herself
19 months
younger sister
Winona A McGee
Birth: April 5, 1917 30 24Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Death: September 21, 1940Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Douglas Rowe McGee
Birth: October 30, 1922 35 29Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Death: April 15, 1944Orange, Los Angeles, California, United States
Family with Hubert Bert Stigall - View this family
husband
Hubert Bert Stigall
Birth: June 10, 1909 23 16Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: June 14, 1955Los Angeles, California, United States
herself
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
Family with Robert William Duddles - View this family
husband
Robert William Duddles
Birth: January 10, 1917 48 34Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, United States
Death: September 15, 1987San Diego, California, United States
herself
Marriage: November 9, 1960Los Angeles, California, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Bruce Randolph McGee - Household

Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
McGee, Bruce RheadRMW33MYesYesTXScotlandEnglishUnited StatesYesConductorElectric RailroadW
Rouch, Mildred PwifeFW26MYesYesILININYesNone
McGee, Lillian MdaughterFW5SYesUTTXILNone
McGee, Madeline LdaughterFW4 years 3 monthsSUTTXILNone
McGee, Winona AdaughterFW2 years 8 monthsSCATXILNone
McGee, Robert BsonMW0 years 2 monthsMCATXILNone