The Shemwell Family

Irene Etta Jackson1894

Name
Irene Etta Jackson
Given names
Irene Etta
Surname
Jackson
Married name
Irene Etta Presson
Birth about 1894
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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
MarriageEarl PressonView this family
December 15, 1912 (Age 18 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Norma Lucille Presson
June 4, 1914 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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 35 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 9, 1940 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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 56 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 52 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 daughterNorma Lucille Presson
November 22, 2002 (Age 108 years)
Deathunknown

Family with Earl Presson - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: December 15, 1912
18 months
daughter
Norma Lucille Presson
Birth: June 4, 1914 22 20Tywappity, Mississippi, Missouri, United States
Death: November 22, 2002Charleston, Mississippi, Missouri, United States

No family available

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Earl Presson - Household

Tywappity, Mississippi, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Presson, EarlXheadMW48MMOSame houseFarmerFarm
Presson, IrenewifeFW46MMOSame house
Cox, Manfordson in lawMW25MARLongbeackCACommissary ClerkShoe Factory
Cox, NormadaughterFW25MMOSame houseSecretaryShoe Factory