The Shemwell Family

Elisabeth GendersAge: 82 years19212003

Name
Elisabeth Genders
Given names
Elisabeth
Surname
Genders
Married name
Elisabeth Akins
Birth October 23, 1921
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 7 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 20 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 28 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 24 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 husbandBillie Richard Akins
October 17, 1996 (Age 74 years)
Death December 27, 2003 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Akins Cemetery
Family with Billie Richard Akins - View this family
husband
Billie Richard Akins
Birth: December 12, 1927 24 22Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 17, 1996Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
herself
Elisabeth Genders
Birth: October 23, 1921Sittard, Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Netherlands
Death: December 27, 2003North Bend, King, Washington, United States
daughter
Private
son
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