The Shemwell Family

Cecilia M Thompson1906

Name
Cecilia M Thompson
Given names
Cecilia M
Surname
Thompson
Married name
Cecilia M Mecca
Birth March 6, 1906
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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/
MarriageJames Mecca Sr.View this family
about 1922 (Age 15 years)

Birth of a son
#1
James Mecca Jr
January 31, 1928 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 March 30, 1950 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Richard Jan Mecca
May 5, 1951 (Age 45 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 39 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 sonJames Mecca Jr
January 2, 2000 (Age 93 years)
Death of a grandsonRichard Jan Mecca
September 4, 2011 (Age 105 years)

Deathunknown

Family with James Mecca Sr. - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1922
6 years
son
James Mecca Jr
Birth: January 31, 1928 25 21Los Angeles, California, United States
Death: January 2, 2000Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California, United States

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