The Shemwell Family

Gertrude WalkerAge: 89 years19101999

Name
Gertrude Walker
Given names
Gertrude
Surname
Walker
Married name
Gertrude Bevill
Married name
Gertrude Boger
Birth March 5, 1910
MarriageFred BogerView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Marjorie Joyce Bevill
December 30, 1931 (Age 21 years)
Census April 13, 1940 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 24, 1950 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 husbandHallie Fred Bevill
August 4, 1954 (Age 44 years)
Death of a husbandFred Boger
1967 (Age 56 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 26, 1999 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bevil Cemetery
Family with Hallie Fred Bevill - View this family
husband
Hallie Fred Bevill
Birth: April 27, 1906 19 16Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 4, 1954Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States
herself
Gertrude Walker
Birth: March 5, 1910Sugartree, Benton, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 26, 1999Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States
daughter
Marjorie Joyce Bevill
Birth: December 30, 1931 25 21Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States
Death: March 3, 2005Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States
son
Private
daughter
Private
Family with Fred Boger - View this family
husband
herself
Gertrude Walker
Birth: March 5, 1910Sugartree, Benton, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 26, 1999Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States
Marriage:

No family available

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Hallie Fred Bevill - Household

742 35th Street Cairo, Alexander, Illinois

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Bevill, FredXheadMW34MH4TNSame PlaceAssistant ForemanLumber Yard
Bevill, GertrudewifeFW30M8TNSame Place
Bevill, MarjoriedaughterFW8S2ILSame Place