The Shemwell Family

Name
Nancy “Nannie” Daugherty
Given names
Nancy
Surname
Daugherty
Nickname
Nannie
Married name
Nancy Leck
Birth September 1, 1890 49 40
Birth of a brotherChristopher Columbus “Lum” Daugherty
September 1, 1890
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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
Census June 9, 1900 (Age 9 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Ausburn Daugherty
August 16, 1906 (Age 15 years)
MarriageWilliam Frederick LeckView this family
November 15, 1908 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Fromona Leck
September 17, 1909 (Age 19 years)
Census May 2, 1910 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Elaine Leck
February 15, 1911 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#3
William Frederich “Orl” Leck Jr
about 1913 (Age 22 years)
Note: Birth info based on 1920 Census
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 25 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 26 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 27 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/
Census January 10, 1920 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 39 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
Census April 5, 1930 (Age 39 years)
Death of a sisterBridgett “Bertie” Daugherty
June 22, 1935 (Age 44 years)
Death of a sisterLoula Daugherty
December 28, 1937 (Age 47 years)
Census April 25, 1940 (Age 49 years)
Death of a motherMary Ann Phillipi
June 13, 1944 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 51 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 26, 1950 (Age 59 years)
Death of a brotherChristopher Columbus “Lum” Daugherty
January 1, 1952 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 59 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 sisterWillie Merkel Daugherty
September 15, 1957 (Age 67 years)
Death of a sisterLena Daugherty
September 13, 1958 (Age 68 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Frederick Leck
March 16, 1970 (Age 79 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 55 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 November 25, 1970 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunset Memorial Park
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