The Shemwell Family

Grace BuckleyAge: 17 years19131930

Name
Grace Buckley
Given names
Grace
Surname
Buckley
Birth May 10, 1913 41 33

Birth of a sisterLennie Buckley
January 26, 1916 (Age 2 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a brotherElgin Buckley
April 7, 1918 (Age 4 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 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 4 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 motherLizzy Edwards
February 24, 1920 (Age 6 years)

Death of a maternal grandmotherTempa Edwards
September 21, 1923 (Age 10 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 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 October 1930 (Age 17 years)

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