The Shemwell Family

Florrine Belle DudleyAge: 52 years19111964

Name
Florrine Belle Dudley
Given names
Florrine Belle
Surname
Dudley
Married name
Florrine Belle Epps
Birth March 2, 1911
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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/
MarriageJoshua Daniel Epps Sr.View this family
about 1925 (Age 13 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Lillian Mae Epps
April 20, 1926 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Joshua Daniel Epps Jr
November 2, 1927 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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
Birth of a daughter
#3
Wilma Belle Epps
April 22, 1930 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Trudie Ann Hearn
December 11, 1944 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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
Marriage of a childRobert Hans SorensenWilma Belle EppsView this family
May 7, 1948 (Age 37 years)
Marriage of a childJoshua Daniel Epps JrBetty Jo NeedlesView this family
June 16, 1951 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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
Birth of a grandson
#2
Mark Sievers Sorensen
February 18, 1960 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 February 28, 1964 (Age 52 years)
Family with Joshua Daniel Epps Sr. - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1925
16 months
daughter
Lillian Mae Epps
Birth: April 20, 1926 18 15Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: December 10, 2008Kansas, United States
18 months
son
Joshua Daniel Epps Jr
Birth: November 2, 1927 19 16Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: August 15, 1986Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
3 years
daughter
Wilma Belle Epps
Birth: April 22, 1930 22 19Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: November 5, 2014Rogers, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Joshua Daniel Epps Sr. + Dorothy Louise Buhler - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Dorothy Louise Buhler
Birth: June 29, 1916Missouri, United States
Death: December 18, 2007Mission Viejo, Orange, California, United States
Marriage: February 7, 1936Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States