The Shemwell Family

Rosie GoforthAge: 64 years18831947

Name
Rosie Goforth
Given names
Rosie
Surname
Goforth
Married name
Rosie Fisher
Birth about 1883
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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
MarriageGeorge FisherView this family
November 6, 1904 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mannie Elizabeth Fisher
July 18, 1908 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 33 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 34 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 35 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 46 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
Death of a husbandGeorge Fisher
July 8, 1934 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 58 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 63 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 14, 1947 (Age 64 years)
Family with George Fisher - View this family
husband
herself
Rosie Goforth
Birth: about 1883Tennessee, United States
Death: October 14, 1947Houston, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: November 6, 1904Stewart, Tennessee, United States
4 years
daughter
Mannie Elizabeth Fisher
Birth: July 18, 1908 38 25Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 8, 2000Dickson, Tennessee, United States
George Fisher + Daisy Shemwell - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: September 23, 1894Stewart, Tennessee, United States
13 months
step-son

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