The Shemwell Family

Nannie A HeltsleyAge: 89 years18701960

Name
Nannie A Heltsley
Given names
Nannie A
Surname
Heltsley
Married name
Nannie A Edwards
Birth September 9, 1870
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 7 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageGeorge Penich EdwardsView this family
December 29, 1892 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Herbert Emery Edwards
December 29, 1893 (Age 23 years)

Birth of a daughter
#2
Nora Edwards
September 27, 1897 (Age 27 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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
Birth of a daughter
#3
Jennie Edwards
September 7, 1902 (Age 31 years)

Birth of a son
#4
Leo Edwards
April 11, 1911 (Age 40 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 45 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 46 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 47 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/
Death of a sonHerbert Emery Edwards
June 3, 1919 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 59 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 71 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 husbandGeorge Penich Edwards
October 1, 1947 (Age 77 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 79 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 75 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 September 7, 1960 (Age 89 years)
Family with George Penich Edwards - View this family
husband
herself
Nannie A Heltsley
Birth: September 9, 1870Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 7, 1960Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: December 29, 1892Todd, Kentucky, United States
1 year
son
Herbert Emery Edwards
Birth: December 29, 1893 26 23
Death: June 3, 1919Todd, Kentucky, United States
4 years
daughter
Nora Edwards
Birth: September 27, 1897 30 27
Death: August 21, 1967Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky, United States
5 years
daughter
9 years
son
Leo Edwards
Birth: April 11, 1911 43 40
Death: September 2, 1985Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

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