The Shemwell Family

Doris Lorene PendleyAge: 93 years19122006

Name
Doris Lorene Pendley
Given names
Doris Lorene
Surname
Pendley
Married name
Doris Lorene McCoy
Birth November 6, 1912 35 20
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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 9, 1920 (Age 7 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherIra Loomis Harris
March 1, 1924 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 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 17 years)
Birth of a son
#1
James Donald McCoy
February 9, 1936 (Age 23 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Death of a fatherOscar Roda Pendley
October 1, 1944 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 37 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 husbandJesse Lee McCoy
December 26, 1962 (Age 50 years)
Death of a motherLoretta “Rettie” Harris
November 1, 1974 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 4, 2006 (Age 93 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
Oscar Roda Pendley
Birth: April 18, 1877Butler, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 1, 1944McCracken, Kentucky, United States
mother
Loretta “Rettie” Harris
Birth: November 6, 1892 32 26Kentucky, United States
Death: November 1, 1974Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
herself
sister
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Family with Jesse Lee McCoy - View this family
husband
Jesse Lee McCoy
Birth: June 7, 1913Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 26, 1962Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
herself
son
James Donald McCoy
Birth: February 9, 1936 22 23Tennessee, United States
Death: December 14, 2012Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
son
Private

Doris Lorene Pendley has 12 first cousins recorded