The Shemwell Family

Fay Beatrice BrownAge: 74 years19011976

Name
Fay Beatrice Brown
Given names
Fay Beatrice
Surname
Brown
Married name
Fay Beatrice Jones
Married name
Fay Beatrice Wallace
Birth March 22, 1901
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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/
MarriageLynn Joy JonesView this family
November 24, 1919 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Prentice Joy Jones
July 12, 1920 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Doris Lavonne Jones
January 28, 1922 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Donna Gwendolyn Jones
September 19, 1923 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 40 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 48 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 husbandLynn Joy Jones
June 23, 1964 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 20, 1976 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Cemetery
Family with Lynn Joy Jones - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: November 24, 1919Wheaton, Traverse, Minnesota, United States
8 months
son
Prentice Joy Jones
Birth: July 12, 1920 22 19White Rock, Roberts, South Dakota, United States
Death: January 1, 1990Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
19 months
daughter
Doris Lavonne Jones
Birth: January 28, 1922 24 20White Rock, Roberts, South Dakota, United States
Death: December 1, 1995El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States
20 months
daughter
Donna Gwendolyn Jones
Birth: September 19, 1923 25 22Wahpeton, Richland, North Dakota, United States
Death: April 26, 1995Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
Lynn Joy Jones + Cecile Era Kentfield - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: March 15, 1934Clay, Minnesota, United States
Divorce: about 1937Cass, North Dakota, United States
1 month
step-daughter
Marilyn Orella Henkel
Birth: April 22, 1934Erie, Cass, North Dakota, United States
Death: January 22, 2006Missoula, Missoula, Montana, United States

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