The Shemwell Family

Etta Belle HallAge: 86 years18811967

Name
Etta Belle Hall
Given names
Etta Belle
Surname
Hall
Married name
Etta Belle Osborne
Birth July 10, 1881
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 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
MarriageCharles H OsborneView this family
September 18, 1904 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Selena “Alice” Osborne
1906 (Age 24 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 34 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 35 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 36 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/
Marriage of a childFrancis Corwin TroutmanSelena “Alice” OsborneView this family
1924 (Age 42 years)
Note: 1930 Census states she was married when she was 18yrs
Birth of a grandson
#1
Roy Dean Troutman
1925 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 48 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
Death of a grandsonRoy Dean Troutman
February 1, 1943 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 60 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 68 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 64 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 August 15, 1967 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Graceland Cemetery
Family with Charles H Osborne - View this family
husband
herself
Etta Belle Hall
Birth: July 10, 1881Illinois, United States
Death: August 15, 1967Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Marriage: September 18, 1904DeWitt, Illinois, United States
2 years
daughter

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Charles H Osborne - Household

Chenoa, McLean, Illinois, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Osborn, Charles headMW30M15ILILILEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmEmpYesYesRF
Osborn, EttawifeFW29M1511ILOHILEnglishNoneYesYes
Osborn, SelenadaughterFW4SILILILNone