The Shemwell Family

Mae Florence OhlingherAge: 77 years18871964

Name
Mae Florence Ohlingher
Given names
Mae Florence
Surname
Ohlingher
Married name
Mae Florence Smith
Birth 1887
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 years)
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
MarriageAugust Valentine SmithView this family
1910 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a son
#1
Paul Wesley Smith
May 16, 1917 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 30 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 31 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 14, 1920 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 42 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 54 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 63 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
Death of a husbandAugust Valentine Smith
December 18, 1954 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 59 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 1964 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverview Cemetery
Family with August Valentine Smith - View this family
husband
August Valentine Smith
Birth: January 20, 1885Meigs, Ohio, United States
Death: December 18, 1954Middleport, Meigs, Ohio, United States
herself
Marriage: 1910Mason, West Virginia, United States
7 years
son
Paul Wesley Smith
Birth: May 16, 1917 32 30Ohio, United States
Death: December 13, 2005Richland, Ohio, United States

No family available

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - August Valentine Smith - Household

Meigs, Ohio, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Smith, August VheadOFMW33MYesYesOHOHOHYesClerkRail RoadW
Smith, Mae FwifeFW31MYesYesWVWVWVYesNone
Smith, MaxinedaughterFW7 years 6 monthsSYesOHOHWVNone
Smith, Paul WsonMW2 years 8 monthsSOHOHWVNone