The Shemwell Family

Name
Helen Louise Camden
Given names
Helen Louise
Surname
Camden
Married name
Helen Louise Hamilton
Birth October 22, 1920 30 21
Birth of a brotherFred Camden Jr
January 8, 1925 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterEvelyn Faye Camden
December 31, 1928 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 8 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
Census April 10, 1930 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterMarilyn Camden
October 24, 1930 (Age 10 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherEtta Myrtle Troutman
February 27, 1934 (Age 13 years)
Census April 17, 1940 (Age 19 years)
Death of a fatherFred Camden
November 10, 1943 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 21 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
MarriageFletcher Mayo HamiltonView this family
about 1945 (Age 24 years)
Note: Marriage year/place based on the birth of their first child, Roy, in 1946
Marriage of a parentRussell Emmet MartinZelma Fern TilburyView this family
June 26, 1946 (Age 25 years)
Census April 1, 1950 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 29 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 motherZelma Fern Tilbury
January 10, 1963 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 25 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 husbandFletcher Mayo Hamilton
January 18, 1977 (Age 56 years)
Death of a brotherFred Camden Jr
June 18, 1989 (Age 68 years)
Death July 11, 1995 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Houston National Cemetery
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