The Shemwell Family

Name
Katie Marvelle Harrington
Given names
Katie Marvelle
Surname
Harrington
Birth February 18, 1920 37 27
Birth of a brotherCarl Elbert Harrington
February 6, 1923 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterVelma Faye Harrington
April 23, 1927 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 9 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
Census April 22, 1930 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterEstelle M Harrington
July 23, 1932 (Age 12 years)
Death of a half-sisterHazel Pauline Harrington
September 25, 1935 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 21 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 29 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 fatherElbert Morley Harrington
September 13, 1961 (Age 41 years)
Death of a half-brotherHomer Gordon Harrington
September 13, 1968 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 25 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 motherDora Alice Nichols
November 14, 1978 (Age 58 years)
Death June 12, 1993 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pinecrest Memorial Park and Garden Mausoleum
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