The Shemwell Family

Alvie Clem WillisAge: 49 years19111960

Name
Alvie Clem Willis
Given names
Alvie Clem
Surname
Willis
Birth February 1, 1911
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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
Birth of a son
#1
Gerald Ray Willis
November 29, 1938 (Age 27 years)
Census May 3, 1940 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Linda June Willis
May 26, 1940 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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
Death of a wifeIma Jean Rager
December 8, 1947 (Age 36 years)
Census April 24, 1950 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
David Alan Barnes
November 9, 1954 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Anita Jean “Sissy” Barnes
March 15, 1957 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Sandra June Lear
April 18, 1957 (Age 46 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 June 2, 1960 (Age 49 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Clifty Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Family with Ima Jean Rager - View this family
himself
wife
Ima Jean Rager
Birth: October 20, 1917 23 18Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 8, 1947Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky, United States
daughter
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son
Gerald Ray Willis
Birth: November 29, 1938 27 21Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 7, 2018Davidson, Tennessee, United States
18 months
daughter
Linda June Willis
Birth: May 26, 1940 29 22Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 24, 2021Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
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