The Shemwell Family

Name
Zella Oniece Allen
Given names
Zella Oniece
Surname
Allen
Birth September 6, 1907 46 48
Death of a sisterCatherine Allen
before 1910 (Age 2 years)
Note: Was not listed in the 1910 Census with her parents and siblings
Census May 19, 1910 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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/
Census January 9, 1920 (Age 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherCaroline Sarah Coleman
February 1928 (Age 20 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Ellen Butler
October 24, 1929 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 fatherWilliam Henry Allen
December 13, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 42 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 sisterClemmie Neta Allen
March 1, 1964 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 brotherLee Roy Allen Sr
February 6, 1976 (Age 68 years)
Death of a brotherRaymond A Allen
January 24, 1979 (Age 71 years)
Death of a brotherLando Franklin Allen
January 27, 1979 (Age 71 years)
Death of a brotherPasco Henry Allen
September 4, 1980 (Age 72 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Alemer Allen
February 23, 1982 (Age 74 years)
Death of a sisterClara Elizabeth Allen
September 26, 1983 (Age 76 years)
Death June 7, 1988 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lakeview Memorial Gardens
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