The Shemwell Family

Mabel W WardAge: 91 years18951986

Name
Mabel W Ward
Given names
Mabel W
Surname
Ward
Married name
Mabel W Warner
Married name
Mabel W Shields
Birth March 11, 1895
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 years)
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
MarriageArchibald Thomas ShieldsView this family
September 28, 1916 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 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 21 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 22 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 34 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 46 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 husbandArchibald Thomas Shields
July 20, 1950 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 54 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
MarriageFred Leroy WarnerView this family
April 1957 (Age 62 years)
Note: Marriage info taken from Obituary
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 50 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 husbandFred Leroy Warner
May 19, 1980 (Age 85 years)
Death July 3, 1986 (Age 91 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Willowbrook Cemetery
Family with Fred Leroy Warner - View this family
husband
Fred Leroy Warner
Birth: December 18, 1890 36 27Fisher, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Death: May 19, 1980Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States
herself
Mabel W Ward
Birth: March 11, 1895Dewey, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Death: July 3, 1986Illinois, United States
Marriage: April 1957Illinois, United States
Family with Archibald Thomas Shields - View this family
husband
Archibald Thomas Shields
Birth: January 2, 1893Dewey, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Death: July 20, 1950Fisher, Champaign, Illinois, United States
herself
Mabel W Ward
Birth: March 11, 1895Dewey, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Death: July 3, 1986Illinois, United States
Marriage: September 28, 1916Champaign, Illinois, United States
Fred Leroy Warner + Minnie Cleo Lowe - View this family
husband
Fred Leroy Warner
Birth: December 18, 1890 36 27Fisher, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Death: May 19, 1980Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States
husband’s wife
Minnie Cleo Lowe
Birth: May 14, 1896Le Roy, McLean, Illinois, United States
Death: December 19, 1955Monticello, Piatt, Illinois, United States
Marriage: February 26, 1918Illinois, United States

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Marriage
Marriage info taken from Obituary