The Shemwell Family

Vera Helen ConklinAge: 77 years19051982

Name
Vera Helen Conklin
Given names
Vera Helen
Surname
Conklin
Married name
Vera Helen Seymour
Married name
Vera Helen Jones
Birth April 16, 1905
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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/
MarriageLee Archie Jones Sr.View this family
about 1921 (Age 15 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Frances Marion Jones
April 16, 1922 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Lee Archie Jones Jr.
July 25, 1924 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Betty Lou Jones
February 23, 1927 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Robert Douglas Jones
February 4, 1928 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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
#5
Shirley Mae Jones
February 26, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Barbara Jean Jones
January 16, 1932 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Dolores Ann “Laurie” Jones
April 30, 1933 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 44 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 40 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 May 15, 1982 (Age 77 years)
Family with Lee Archie Jones Sr. - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1921
15 months
daughter
Frances Marion Jones
Birth: April 16, 1922 26 17Wahpeton, Richland, North Dakota, United States
Death: October 29, 1989Berlin, Green Lake, Wisconsin, United States
2 years
son
Lee Archie Jones Jr.
Birth: July 25, 1924 29 19Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States
Death: May 10, 2003Kuala Lumur, Manjung (Dinding), Perak, Malaysia
3 years
daughter
Betty Lou Jones
Birth: February 23, 1927 31 21Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Death: November 4, 1998Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
11 months
son
Robert Douglas Jones
Birth: February 4, 1928 32 22Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Death: July 25, 2009Tinley Park, Cook, Illinois, United States
2 years
daughter
Shirley Mae Jones
Birth: February 26, 1930 34 24Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Death: February 11, 2003Pasco, Florida, United States
23 months
daughter
Barbara Jean Jones
Birth: January 16, 1932 36 26Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Death: January 5, 2000Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
15 months
daughter
Dolores Ann “Laurie” Jones
Birth: April 30, 1933 37 28Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Death: December 13, 2009Lake Worth, Palm Beach, Florida, United States

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