The Shemwell Family

Effie V Coward1883

Name
Effie V Coward
Given names
Effie V
Surname
Coward
Married name
Effie V Briggs
Birth about 1883
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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
MarriageElroy B BriggsView this family
July 19, 1899 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 33 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 34 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 35 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/
Birth of a son
#1
Frank Duane Briggs
October 7, 1924 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 46 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
Marriage of a childFrank Duane BriggsMargaret Jean McMillanView this family
October 11, 1942 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Gerald Duane Briggs
November 29, 1943 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 58 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
Census April 17, 1950 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Dale B Briggs
October 28, 1951 (Age 68 years)
Death of a grandsonDale B Briggs
November 1, 1951 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 67 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 63 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 sonFrank Duane Briggs
September 5, 1988 (Age 105 years)
Deathunknown

Family with Elroy B Briggs - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: July 19, 1899Bronson, Branch, Michigan, United States
25 years
son
Frank Duane Briggs
Birth: October 7, 1924 47 41Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States
Death: September 5, 1988Arizona, United States

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Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Elroy B Briggs - Household

85 Welch Ave Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Briggs, Elroy BheadMW73MarMI
Briggs, Effie VwifeFW67MarMI
Briggs, Frank DsonMW25MarMISales ManInsulation
Briggs, Margaretdaughter in lawFW26MarTNManager Photo Dept.Retail Merch.
Briggs, Gerald Dgrand sonMW6NevMI