The Shemwell Family

Edna Grace SimpsonAge: 80 years18981979

Name
Edna Grace Simpson
Given names
Edna Grace
Surname
Simpson
Married name
Edna Grace McNutt
Birth December 15, 1898
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 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 18 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 19 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 30 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
MarriageRollie Adkerson McNuttView this family
before 1940 (Age 41 years)

Census April 8, 1940 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 husbandRollie Adkerson McNutt
February 11, 1947 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 51 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 47 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 November 1, 1979 (Age 80 years)
Family with Rollie Adkerson McNutt - View this family
husband
herself
Edna Grace Simpson
Birth: December 15, 1898Naperville, DuPage, Illinois, United States
Death: November 1, 1979Artesia, Eddy, New Mexico, United States
Marriage: before 1940
Rollie Adkerson McNutt + Martha Ophila Burnett - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: October 6, 1912Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States
3 years
step-daughter
Mary Elizabeth McNutt
Birth: June 13, 1915 30 22Lowes, Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 16, 1994Cimarron, Colfax, New Mexico, United States
4 years
step-daughter
Edith Cloteen McNutt
Birth: January 9, 1919 33 25Lowes, Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 10, 1923Lowes, Graves, Kentucky, United States
5 years
step-daughter
Ruth Neville McNutt
Birth: May 27, 1924 39 30Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 24, 2002Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States
6 years
step-son
Rollie Adkerson McNutt Jr.
Birth: August 16, 1930 45 37Raton, Colfax, New Mexico, United States
Death: April 8, 2005Lubbock, Texas, United States

No family available

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Rollie Adkerson McNutt - Household

Colfax, New Mexico

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
McNutt, R AheadMW55MKYRColfaxPreacherChurch
McNutt, EdnaXwifeFW41MILRatonColfaxNM
McNutt, RuthdaughterFW15SKYRColfax
McNutt, RolliesonMW9SNMRColfax