The Shemwell Family

Myrtel EdwardsAge: 75 years19101986

Name
Myrtel Edwards
Given names
Myrtel
Surname
Edwards
Birth September 7, 1910 35 30

Birth of a sisterStella Edwards
December 28, 1913 (Age 3 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 7 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 paternal grandfatherWilliam Harrison Edwards
July 7, 1926 (Age 15 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMartha Jane Bivin
June 24, 1927 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 39 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 fatherWalter Edwards
September 28, 1959 (Age 49 years)

Death of a motherEva Kirkman
February 12, 1962 (Age 51 years)

Death of a brotherCobertt Edwards
April 14, 1972 (Age 61 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 sisterLuycle Edwards
November 20, 1984 (Age 74 years)

Death March 27, 1986 (Age 75 years)

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Myrtel Edwards has 45 first cousins recorded

Father's family (45)

Parents John Jackson Edwards + Susie “Sue” Powell
1Marie Edwards18971971
Parents John Jackson Edwards + Myrtie Cleveland Bolton
1Lela Edwards1906
7Vella Ione Edwards19201935
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Parents Thomas Edwards + Nannie Latham
1Pearl Edwards18981985
2Ila Edwards19011903
3Eurie Edwards19041981
4Flora Edwards19081967
6Ible Edwards1913
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Parents Charles H Edwards + Jennie Richmond
1Ruth Edwards19051905
2Toy Edwards19061980
Parents Charles H Edwards + Myrtie Slaughter
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Parents Hershel Edwards + Sarah Elizabeth Chappell
1Owen Edwards19011962
2Zada Edwards19031928
6Virgil A Edwards19131968
7Nobel Edwards19151917
Parents Robert Latham + Nettie Edwards
1Vera Latham1906
2Ernest Latham19091993
3Iva Latham19091987
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6Ocus Latham19241985
Parents Barney Coy Edwards + Laura Bell McPherson
1Lawernce Edwards19101919
2Hazel Edwards19121918
3Arnet T Edwards19151916
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