The Shemwell Family

Mary Edna ArmstrongAge: 89 years18841973

Name
Mary Edna Armstrong
Given names
Mary Edna
Surname
Armstrong
Married name
Mary Edna Porter
Birth February 9, 1884 35 29
Birth of a brotherAndrew L Armstrong
September 12, 1886 (Age 2 years)
Death of a brotherAndrew L Armstrong
October 22, 1886 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterNora M Armstrong
February 21, 1888 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherEmmett Clinton Armstrong
October 13, 1890 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Wayne Armstrong
September 9, 1893 (Age 9 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Ann Allen
April 21, 1894 (Age 10 years)
Death of a sisterNora M Armstrong
January 16, 1896 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherCharles M Armstrong
April 9, 1897 (Age 13 years)
Death of a brotherCharles M Armstrong
May 6, 1897 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherArchie F Armstrong
July 29, 1898 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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
Death of a brotherArchie F Armstrong
September 19, 1898 (Age 14 years)
Census June 27, 1900 (Age 16 years)
MarriageJames Monroe PorterView this family
April 10, 1904 (Age 20 years)
Death of a brotherBenjamin Everett Armstrong
October 15, 1904 (Age 20 years)
Cause: Ginning accident
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ila Mae Porter
July 19, 1908 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Iland Noel Porter
October 6, 1910 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Wanda Lee Porter
June 2, 1914 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 31 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a daughter
#4
Nina Margaret Porter
December 24, 1917 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 32 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 33 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/
Death of a fatherAndrew Benjamin Armstrong
April 15, 1927 (Age 43 years)
Death of a motherMary Jane Cheek
February 24, 1928 (Age 44 years)
Marriage of a childFred BurfeindIla Mae PorterView this family
August 22, 1928 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 45 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 30, 1930 (Age 46 years)
Death of a husbandJames Monroe Porter
January 13, 1944 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 57 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 65 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 brotherEmmett Clinton Armstrong
May 26, 1963 (Age 79 years)
Death of a brotherHenry Franklin Armstrong
May 30, 1964 (Age 80 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 61 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 July 7, 1973 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hylton Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 6, 1876Williamson, Texas, United States
8 months
elder brother
Andrew R Armstrong
Birth: November 1, 1876 28 21Texas, United States
Death: January 5, 1877Texas, United States
14 months
elder brother
Benjamin Everett Armstrong
Birth: December 31, 1877 29 22Washington, Texas, United States
Death: October 15, 1904Hylton, Nolan, Texas, United States
3 years
elder sister
Mary A Armstrong
Birth: July 7, 1880 32 25Texas, United States
Death: September 13, 1880Texas, United States
14 months
elder brother
Henry Franklin Armstrong
Birth: August 27, 1881 33 26Brenham, Washington, Texas, United States
Death: May 30, 1964Merkel, Taylor, Texas, United States
2 years
herself
3 years
younger brother
Andrew L Armstrong
Birth: September 12, 1886 38 31Texas, United States
Death: October 22, 1886Texas, United States
17 months
younger sister
Nora M Armstrong
Birth: February 21, 1888 39 33Nolan, Texas, United States
Death: January 16, 1896Nolan, Texas, United States
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
William Wayne Armstrong
Birth: September 9, 1893 45 38Hylton, Nolan, Texas, United States
Death: September 19, 1983Erath, Texas, United States
4 years
younger brother
Charles M Armstrong
Birth: April 9, 1897 49 42Nolan, Texas, United States
Death: May 6, 1897Nolan, Texas, United States
16 months
younger brother
Archie F Armstrong
Birth: July 29, 1898 50 43Nolan, Texas, United States
Death: September 19, 1898Nolan, Texas, United States
Family with James Monroe Porter - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: April 10, 1904Nolan, Texas, United States
4 years
daughter
2 years
son
Iland Noel Porter
Birth: October 6, 1910 29 26Nolan, Texas, United States
Death: March 22, 1995Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, United States
4 years
daughter
Wanda Lee Porter
Birth: June 2, 1914 32 30Nolan, Nolan, Texas, United States
Death: September 27, 1976Nolan, Nolan, Texas, United States
4 years
daughter
Nina Margaret Porter
Birth: December 24, 1917 36 33Nolan, Texas, United States
Death: December 1982Brownwood, Brown, Texas, United States

Mary Edna Armstrong has 13 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Andrew Benjamin Armstrong - Household

ED 118 Nolan, Texas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Armstrong, Andrew BheadWMApr184852M24ARNCMSFarmerYesYesYesOF
Armstrong, MarywifeWFJan185545M24115MOMOMOYesYesYes
Armstrong, Benjamin EsonWMDec187723STXARMOFarm LaborerYesYesYes
Armstrong, Henry FsonWMAug188119STXARMOFarm LaborerYesYesYes
Armstrong, Mary EdaughterWFFeb188416STXARMO2YesYesYes
Armstrong, Emmett CsonWMOct189010STXARMO
Armstrong, William WsonWMSep18937STXARMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Monroe Porter - Household

Nolan, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Porter, James MheadMW48M22TXKYKYFarmerFarm
Porter, MarywifeFW46M20TXARMO
Porter, Iland NsonMW19STXTXTX
Porter, Wanda LeedaughterFW15STXTXTX
Porter, Nina MdaughterFW12STXTXTX
Porter, Martha EmotherFW74WdKYKYKY