The Shemwell Family

Mary Elizabeth DowneyAge: 94 years18991993

Name
Mary Elizabeth Downey
Given names
Mary Elizabeth
Surname
Downey
Married name
Mary Elizabeth Barnett
Birth February 21, 1899
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 years)

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 17 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 18 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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
MarriageNoble Ray BarnettView this family
August 2, 1942 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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
DivorceNoble Ray BarnettView this family
September 19, 1945 (Age 46 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 50 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 husbandNoble Ray Barnett
October 17, 1964 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 46 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 July 7, 1993 (Age 94 years)
Cremation July 1993 (Age 94 years)
Note: Cremated, Ashes scattered, Specifically: Mother Cabrini Shrine, CO
Family with Noble Ray Barnett - View this family
ex-husband
Noble Ray Barnett
Birth: January 11, 1885 40 29Iola, Allen, Kansas, United States
Death: October 17, 1964Kansas, United States
herself
Mary Elizabeth Downey
Birth: February 21, 1899Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States
Death: July 7, 1993Pueblo, Colorado, United States
Marriage: August 2, 1942Colorado, United States
Divorce: September 19, 1945

No family available

Cremation
Cremated, Ashes scattered, Specifically: Mother Cabrini Shrine, CO