The Shemwell Family

Glendora Lee HerriottAge: 97 years19062004

Name
Glendora Lee Herriott
Given names
Glendora Lee
Surname
Herriott
Married name
Glendora Lee Miller
Birth August 24, 1906
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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 23 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
MarriageMartin Gilbert Miller JrView this family
December 18, 1943 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 3, 1950 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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
DivorceMartin Gilbert Miller JrView this family
December 30, 1970 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 of a husbandMartin Gilbert Miller Jr
March 1980 (Age 73 years)
Death July 8, 2004 (Age 97 years)
Family with Martin Gilbert Miller Jr - View this family
ex-husband
Martin Gilbert Miller Jr
Birth: December 20, 1912 28 27Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 1980Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
herself
Glendora Lee Herriott
Birth: August 24, 1906Hampshire, West Virginia, United States
Death: July 8, 2004Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
Marriage: December 18, 1943Quantico, Virginia, United States
Divorce: December 30, 1970Harris, Texas, United States
Martin Gilbert Miller Jr + Juanita Wilden - View this family
ex-husband
Martin Gilbert Miller Jr
Birth: December 20, 1912 28 27Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 1980Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
husband’s wife
step-daughter
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