The Shemwell Family

Dorothy Mae HarleyAge: 99 years19182017

Name
Dorothy Mae Harley
Given names
Dorothy Mae
Surname
Harley
Married name
Dorothy Mae Hinch
Birth May 1, 1918
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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

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 11 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
MarriageRoscoe Hooper HinchView this family
1943 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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 31 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 27 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 husbandRoscoe Hooper Hinch
May 28, 1991 (Age 73 years)
Death October 2, 2017 (Age 99 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: First Congregational Church Memorial Garden
Family with Roscoe Hooper Hinch - View this family
husband
Roscoe Hooper Hinch
Birth: January 8, 1911 30 25Tennessee, United States
Death: May 28, 1991Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
herself
Dorothy Mae Harley
Birth: May 1, 1918Pennsylvania, United States
Death: October 2, 2017Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: 1943New Jersey, United States

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