The Shemwell Family

Gennie GreenAge: 53 years18841937

Name
Gennie Green
Given names
Gennie
Surname
Green
Married name
Gennie Harris
Birth February 29, 1884
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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
MarriageHorace Nicholas HarrisView this family
November 1, 1913 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Thelbert Harris
August 4, 1914 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 31 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 32 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 33 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 45 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 4, 1930 (Age 46 years)
Death December 9, 1937 (Age 53 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: New Liberty Cemetery
Family with Horace Nicholas Harris - View this family
husband
Horace Nicholas Harris
Birth: December 19, 1884 24 18Kentucky, United States
Death: March 10, 1958Jackson, Michigan, United States
herself
Gennie Green
Birth: February 29, 1884Woodville, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 9, 1937McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: November 1, 1913Pulaski, Illinois, United States
9 months
son
Thelbert Harris
Birth: August 4, 1914 29 30Oscar, Ballard, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 5, 1985Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Horace Nicholas Harris - Household

Ballard, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Harris, Horace NheadMW45M28KYKYKYLaborerFarm
Harris, GenniewifeFW46M29KYTNNC
Harris, ThelbertsonMW15S26KYKYKY