The Shemwell Family

Myrtle WhiteAge: 76 years18861963

Name
Myrtle White
Given names
Myrtle
Surname
White
Married name
Myrtle Hinchey
Birth November 25, 1886
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
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
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
MarriageArthur James HincheyView this family
about 1918 (Age 31 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Mavis Helen Hinchey
November 19, 1918 (Age 31 years)
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/
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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Amy Carol White
March 10, 1942 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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 husbandArthur James Hinchey
February 9, 1958 (Age 71 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 November 19, 1963 (Age 76 years)
Family with Arthur James Hinchey - View this family
husband
Arthur James Hinchey
Birth: October 5, 1881 20 19Tennessee, United States
Death: February 9, 1958Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
herself
Myrtle White
Birth: November 25, 1886Mississippi, United States
Death: November 19, 1963Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1918
11 months
daughter
Mavis Helen Hinchey
Birth: November 19, 1918 37 31Ackerman, Choctaw, Mississippi, United States
Death: December 29, 1999Senatobla, Tate, Mississippi, United States

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