The Shemwell Family

Sara Myrtle WilliamsonAge: 58 years19181977

Name
Sara Myrtle Williamson
Given names
Sara Myrtle
Surname
Williamson
Married name
Sara Myrtle Kivett
Birth December 13, 1918
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918

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 10 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 son
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Roger Dale Kivett
September 16, 1942 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 22 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
Census April 14, 1950 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 31 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 27 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 August 12, 1977 (Age 58 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Floral Garden Memorial Park
Family with Hoyt Grayson Kivett - View this family
husband
Hoyt Grayson Kivett
Birth: March 11, 1923 26 24Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 23, 1993High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
herself
Sara Myrtle Williamson
Birth: December 13, 1918Franklinville, Randolph, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 12, 1977High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
son
Roger Dale Kivett
Birth: September 16, 1942 19 23High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 8, 2019Hampstead, Pender, North Carolina, United States
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