The Shemwell Family

Margaret Mary RenvilleAge: 96 years18961992

Name
Margaret Mary Renville
Given names
Margaret Mary
Surname
Renville
Birth September 28, 1896 60 41
Death of a motherMargaret Dutour
April 19, 1898 (Age 18 months)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 months)
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
Death of a fatherNichlas Anaclet Renville
December 16, 1905 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a brotherJohn Louis Renville
October 16, 1918 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 20 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 21 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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 45 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
Death of a brotherEphrem Nicholas Renville
December 23, 1947 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 53 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 brotherNicholas Ephrem Renville
July 5, 1968 (Age 71 years)
Death of a brotherLouis John Renville
February 24, 1972 (Age 75 years)
Death of a sisterMinnie Margaret Renville
August 16, 1973 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 October 24, 1992 (Age 96 years)

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father
mother
Marriage: October 7, 1883Spencer, Clay, Iowa, United States
11 months
elder sister
Minnie Margaret Renville
Birth: August 23, 1884 48 28Spencer, Clay, Iowa, United States
Death: August 16, 1973Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, United States
22 months
elder brother
Nicholas Ephrem Renville
Birth: July 2, 1886 50 30Valentine, Cherry, Nebraska, United States
Death: July 5, 1968Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, United States
3 years
elder brother
Ephrem Nicholas Renville
Birth: March 28, 1889 52 33Valentine, Cherry, Nebraska, United States
Death: December 23, 1947San Diego, California, United States
2 years
elder brother
Louis John Renville
Birth: June 8, 1891 55 35Clifton, Iroquois, Illinois, United States
Death: February 24, 1972Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, United States
3 years
elder brother
John Louis Renville
Birth: August 30, 1894 58 38L'Erable, Iroquois, Illinois, United States
Death: October 16, 1918New York, United States
2 years
herself
Margaret Mary Renville
Birth: September 28, 1896 60 41Illinois, United States
Death: October 24, 1992

Margaret Mary Renville has 3 first cousins recorded