The Shemwell Family

Alden S GeorgeAge: 73 years19131986

Name
Alden S George
Given names
Alden S
Surname
George
Birth January 5, 1913
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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 16 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
Birth of a son
#1
Jerry Wayne George
September 8, 1943 (Age 30 years)
Death of a sonJerry Wayne George
September 13, 1943 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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
Birth of a son
#2
Eldon Eugene George
February 27, 1950 (Age 37 years)
Census April 3, 1950 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 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 32 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 December 13, 1986 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Alco Cemetery
Family with Argel Arvilene Pruitt - View this family
himself
wife
Argel Arvilene Pruitt
Birth: February 11, 1919 22 28Arkansas, United States
Death: July 8, 1995Jay, Delaware, Oklahoma, United States
daughter
Private
son
Jerry Wayne George
Birth: September 8, 1943 30 24Linden, San Joaquin, California, United States
Death: September 13, 1943Linden, San Joaquin, California, United States
daughter
Private
son
Eldon Eugene George
Birth: February 27, 1950 37 31Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States
Death: April 18, 2005Saline, Arkansas, United States

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