The Shemwell Family

Robert Vern HannahAge: 85 years18971982

Name
Robert Vern Hannah
Given names
Robert Vern
Surname
Hannah
Birth March 14, 1897 26 27
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 months)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Birth of a brotherIsaac Ray Hannah
August 4, 1899 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 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 19 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 20 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/
MarriageWilma Leona WarnerView this family
about 1920 (Age 22 years)
Note: Marriage year/place based on birth of first child
Death of a motherMary Minerva Hanes
October 26, 1926 (Age 29 years)
Death of a brotherIsaac Ray Hannah
April 24, 1928 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 32 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 fatherRobert Ray Hannah
August 24, 1951 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 52 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 48 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 April 7, 1982 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Willowbrook Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Robert Ray Hannah
Birth: June 5, 1870Mahomet, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Death: August 24, 1951Mahomet, Champaign, Illinois, United States
mother
Mary Minerva Hanes
Birth: November 1, 1869Mahomet, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Death: October 26, 1926Newcomb, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Marriage: February 4, 1892Champaign, Illinois, United States
8 years
younger brother
Isaac Ray Hannah
Birth: August 4, 1899 29 29Rensselaer, Jasper, Indiana, United States
Death: April 24, 1928Condit, Champaign, Illinois, United States
-2 years
himself
Robert Vern Hannah
Birth: March 14, 1897 26 27Jasper, Indiana, United States
Death: April 7, 1982Fisher, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Family with Wilma Leona Warner - View this family
himself
Robert Vern Hannah
Birth: March 14, 1897 26 27Jasper, Indiana, United States
Death: April 7, 1982Fisher, Champaign, Illinois, United States
wife
Wilma Leona Warner
Birth: May 4, 1899 45 35Fisher, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Death: February 27, 1992Fisher, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Marriage: about 1920Champaign, Illinois, United States

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Marriage
Marriage year/place based on birth of first child