The Shemwell Family

Mary Ethel HawkinsAge: 63 years19141978

Name
Mary Ethel Hawkins
Given names
Mary Ethel
Surname
Hawkins
Married name
Mary Ethel Dicken
Married name
Mary Ethel Johnson
Birth August 2, 1914
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 months)

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 2 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 3 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 15 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
MarriageLoren Virgil DickenView this family
February 11, 1933 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Bernadette Dicken
April 9, 1934 (Age 19 years)
DivorceLoren Virgil DickenView this family
May 29, 1936 (Age 21 years)
MarriageCharles JohnsonView this family
March 17, 1941 (Age 26 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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
Death of a husbandLoren Virgil Dicken
October 27, 1948 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 July 4, 1978 (Age 63 years)
Family with Loren Virgil Dicken - View this family
ex-husband
Loren Virgil Dicken
Birth: January 17, 1910 24 20Datto, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 27, 1948Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
herself
Mary Ethel Hawkins
Birth: August 2, 1914Wilmerding, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: July 4, 1978Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Marriage: February 11, 1933Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Divorce: May 29, 1936Wayne, Michigan, United States
14 months
daughter
Mary Bernadette Dicken
Birth: April 9, 1934 24 19Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Death: January 7, 2007
Family with Charles Johnson - View this family
husband
herself
Mary Ethel Hawkins
Birth: August 2, 1914Wilmerding, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: July 4, 1978Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Marriage: March 17, 1941

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