The Shemwell Family

Eva Odessa RoeAge: 75 years19171992

Name
Eva Odessa Roe
Given names
Eva Odessa
Surname
Roe
Married name
Eva Odessa Denny
Birth March 16, 1917
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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 9 months)

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 12 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
MarriageCharles Colvie DennyView this family
about 1939 (Age 21 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 32 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
Birth of a son
#1
Colvie Freeman Denny
April 24, 1954 (Age 37 years)
Death of a sonColvie Freeman Denny
December 18, 1970 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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 of a husbandCharles Colvie Denny
July 21, 1988 (Age 71 years)
Death November 16, 1992 (Age 75 years)
Family with Charles Colvie Denny - View this family
husband
Charles Colvie Denny
Birth: August 18, 1915 28 24Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 21, 1988Largo, Pinellas, Florida, United States
herself
Eva Odessa Roe
Birth: March 16, 1917Ohio, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 16, 1992Christian, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: about 1939
15 years
son
Colvie Freeman Denny
Birth: April 24, 1954 38 37Fayette, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 18, 1970Todd, Kentucky, United States