The Shemwell Family

Name
Delila Jane “Lila” Pottenger
Given names
Delila Jane
Surname
Pottenger
Nickname
Lila
Married name
Delila Jane Lundy
Birth October 3, 1909 50 34
Census May 10, 1910 (Age 7 months)
Death of a brotherSherman B Pottenger
November 7, 1911 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherKenneth Gordon Pottenger
September 23, 1913 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a brotherEzra Albert Pottenger
October 10, 1918 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 7 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 8 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/
Census January 20, 1920 (Age 10 years)
Death of a motherMelvina Powers
January 15, 1926 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Ann “Polly” Kittrell
March 13, 1927 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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 parentCrayton PottengerEmma MaceView this family
February 18, 1930 (Age 20 years)
Census April 10, 1930 (Age 20 years)
Death of a fatherCrayton Pottenger
August 7, 1933 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Patricia Jean Lundy
May 10, 1934 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Phyliss Raye Lundy
August 8, 1938 (Age 28 years)
Census April 26, 1940 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 6, 1950 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 40 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
Marriage of a childDonald Eugene LingenfelterPhyliss Raye LundyView this family
February 16, 1957 (Age 47 years)

Death of a brotherGeorge William Pottenger
July 6, 1958 (Age 48 years)
Death of a half-sisterCora Ann Pottenger
May 4, 1960 (Age 50 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 sisterAlma Pearl Pottenger
July 10, 1980 (Age 70 years)
Death of a sisterLula May Pottenger
February 15, 1982 (Age 72 years)
Death of a sisterNola Christine Pottenger
June 23, 1988 (Age 78 years)
Death of a sisterMarinda Belle Pottenger
January 10, 1990 (Age 80 years)
Death of a husbandRaymond Wayne Lundy
August 27, 1992 (Age 82 years)
Death of a brotherKenneth Gordon Pottenger
August 21, 1995 (Age 85 years)
Death December 3, 1996 (Age 87 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maple Park Cemetery
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