The Shemwell Family

Joseph Edward MullenAge: 42 years19011944

Name
Joseph Edward Mullen
Given names
Joseph Edward
Surname
Mullen
Birth May 1, 1901
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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/
MarriageMollie Elizabeth ConwayView this family
September 2, 1927 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 40 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 January 27, 1944 (Age 42 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Marys Cemetery
Family with Mollie Elizabeth Conway - View this family
himself
Joseph Edward Mullen
Birth: May 1, 1901Virginia, United States
Death: January 27, 1944Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
wife
Mollie Elizabeth Conway
Birth: March 28, 1910Lemon, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: July 30, 1989Orange, California, United States
Marriage: September 2, 1927Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
Harry J Ohering + Mollie Elizabeth Conway - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Mollie Elizabeth Conway
Birth: March 28, 1910Lemon, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: July 30, 1989Orange, California, United States
Marriage: September 20, 1952Wayne, Michigan, United States