The Shemwell Family

Helen Marie GreenAge: 50 years18961947

Name
Helen Marie Green
Given names
Helen Marie
Surname
Green
Married name
Helen Marie Greenburg
Birth June 23, 1896
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 months)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
MarriageRolland Everette GreenburgView this family
June 29, 1916 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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/
Birth of a son
#1
Rolland Edwin Greenburg
January 5, 1919 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Jane Minette Greenburg
July 23, 1928 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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 3, 1930 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 January 6, 1947 (Age 50 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
Family with Rolland Everette Greenburg - View this family
husband
Rolland Everette Greenburg
Birth: February 5, 1892Benton, Indiana, United States
Death: July 14, 1948East Chicago, Lake, Indiana, United States
herself
Marriage: June 29, 1916Lake, Indiana, United States
3 years
son
Rolland Edwin Greenburg
Birth: January 5, 1919 26 22Whiting, Lake, Indiana, United States
Death: June 8, 2008Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, United States
10 years
daughter
Jane Minette Greenburg
Birth: July 23, 1928 36 32Indiana, United States
Death: February 23, 1993Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Rolland Everette Greenburg - Household

Whiting, Lake, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Greenburg, RolandheadO1400RNoMW37M24NoYesINGermanyUnited StatesYesEngineerOil RefineryWYes
Greenburg, Helen MwifeFW33M20NoYesINPACanadaYesNone
Greenburg, Roland JrsonMW11SYesYesINININYesNone
Greenburg, Jane MdaughterFW1SNoINININNone