The Shemwell Family

Ruby Gleaves1901

Name
Ruby Gleaves
Given names
Ruby
Surname
Gleaves
Married name
Ruby Tabb
Birth about 1901
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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/
MarriageRay Raymond TabbView this family
about 1921 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Cynthia Bell Tabb
October 15, 1922 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Roy Tabb
September 14, 1924 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Bettie Jean Tabb
January 1, 1928 (Age 27 years)
Death of a daughterBettie Jean Tabb
January 17, 1928 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 husbandRay Raymond Tabb
April 25, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 49 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 45 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 daughterCynthia Bell Tabb
October 16, 1985 (Age 84 years)
Death of a sonRoy Tabb
March 9, 1986 (Age 85 years)
Deathunknown

Family with Ray Raymond Tabb - View this family
husband
Ray Raymond Tabb
Birth: February 26, 1899 23 25Kentucky, United States
Death: April 25, 1930Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
herself
Marriage: about 1921
21 months
daughter
Cynthia Bell Tabb
Birth: October 15, 1922 23 21Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States
Death: October 16, 1985Astoria, Queens, New York, United States
23 months
son
Roy Tabb
Birth: September 14, 1924 25 23Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Death: March 9, 1986Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia, United States
3 years
daughter
Bettie Jean Tabb
Birth: January 1, 1928 28 27Tennessee, United States
Death: January 17, 1928Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

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