The Shemwell Family

Martha Dorothy HinchAge: 82 years19141997

Name
Martha Dorothy Hinch
Given names
Martha Dorothy
Surname
Hinch
Birth August 31, 1914 21 22
Birth of a sisterEva Lee Hinch
July 14, 1916 (Age 22 months)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 brotherWilliam Albert Hinch Jr
February 17, 1918 (Age 3 years)
Death of a fatherWilliams Albert Hinch
March 5, 1918 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 2 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 3 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/
Census January 21, 1920 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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 paternal grandmotherNancy E “Nannie” Rogers
February 20, 1945 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Russell Hinch
January 6, 1948 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 motherAddie Bell Graham
November 17, 1967 (Age 53 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 sisterEva Lee Hinch
March 26, 1980 (Age 65 years)

Death of a brotherWilliam Albert Hinch Jr
August 6, 1986 (Age 71 years)
Death January 11, 1997 (Age 82 years)
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Martha Dorothy Hinch
Birth: August 31, 1914 21 22Jasper, Marion, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 11, 1997Jasper, Marion, Tennessee, United States
22 months
younger sister
Eva Lee Hinch
Birth: July 14, 1916 22 24Jackson, Alabama, United States
Death: March 26, 1980
19 months
younger brother
William Albert Hinch Jr
Birth: February 17, 1918 24 25Franklin, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 6, 1986New Johnsonville, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Russell Hinch - Household

Marion, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Hinch, W RheadMW67MTNTNTNFarmerFarming
Hinch, Nannie EwifeFW56MTNTNTN
Hinch, ClydesonMW21MTNTNTNFarmerWith Father
Hinch, Stelladauhter in lawFW21MTNTNTN
Hinch, FranksonMW14STNTNTNLaborerOn Farm
Hinch, LeonardsonMW11STNTNTN
Hinch, Addiedauhter in lawFW27MTNTNTN
Hinch, Dorothygrand daughterFW5STNTNTN
Hinch, Eva Leegrand daughterFW3-6mSTNTNTN
Hinch, William Agrand sonMW1-11mSTNTNTN