The Shemwell Family

Ellen Katherine “Kitty” HinchAge: 101 years19142015

Name
Ellen Katherine “Kitty” Hinch
Given names
Ellen Katherine
Surname
Hinch
Nickname
Kitty
Married name
Ellen Katherine Knittel
Birth March 13, 1914 32 24
MarriageJohn Thomas KnittelView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 months)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
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/
Death of a motherOlah Ethel Rogers
January 20, 1919 (Age 4 years)
Marriage of a parentMillard Hall HinchMaud Frances JonesView this family
October 5, 1919 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJohn Thomas “Tommy” Hinch Sr.
April 8, 1924 (Age 10 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
Census April 16, 1930 (Age 16 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 fatherMillard Hall Hinch
March 1960 (Age 45 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 husbandJohn Thomas Knittel
June 21, 1992 (Age 78 years)

Death October 2, 2015 (Age 101 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 9, 1913Sequatchie, Marion, Tennessee, United States
14 months
herself
Ellen Katherine “Kitty” Hinch
Birth: March 13, 1914 32 24Tennessee, United States
Death: October 2, 2015Richmond, Virginia, United States
Father’s family with Maud Frances Jones - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: October 5, 1919Franklin, Tennessee, United States
5 years
half-brother
John Thomas “Tommy” Hinch Sr.
Birth: April 8, 1924 42 37Winchester, Franklin, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 16, 2018Hixson, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
Family with John Thomas Knittel - View this family
husband
herself
Ellen Katherine “Kitty” Hinch
Birth: March 13, 1914 32 24Tennessee, United States
Death: October 2, 2015Richmond, Virginia, United States
Marriage:

Ellen Katherine “Kitty” Hinch has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Russell Hinch - Household

3301 Berkley Drive Hamilton, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Hinch, William RheadMW74M26TNNorthern IrelandTNGardnerAt Home
Hinch, Nancy EwifeFW66M27TNTNTN
Hinch, Millard HsonMW49WdTNTNTNCarpenterHouse
Hinch, Catherine Egrand daughterFW16STNTNTN
Hinch, John Tgrand sonMW5STNTNTN
Hinch, ClydesonMW29M17TNTNTNCarpenter HelperHouse
Hinch, Estelledaughter in lawFW28M16TNTNTNKunner?Matress Factory

Catherine & John are listed as step children -b