The Shemwell Family

Hazel EdwardsAge: 6 years19121918

Name
Hazel Edwards
Given names
Hazel
Surname
Edwards
Birth May 11, 1912 24 24

Birth of a brotherArnet T Edwards
July 2, 1915 (Age 3 years)

Death of a brotherArnet T Edwards
June 19, 1916 (Age 4 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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 August 4, 1918 (Age 6 years)

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