The Shemwell Family

Ferne Edna JohnsonAge: 83 years19172001

Name
Ferne Edna Johnson
Given names
Ferne Edna
Surname
Johnson
Married name
Ferne Edna Yonts
Birth October 5, 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 2 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 11 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 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
Census April 25, 1950 (Age 32 years)
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
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 husbandHarold Ray Yonts
March 12, 1979 (Age 61 years)
Death February 14, 2001 (Age 83 years)
Family with Harold Ray Yonts - View this family
husband
Harold Ray Yonts
Birth: May 26, 1915 29 22Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 12, 1979LaVerne, Los Angeles, California, United States
herself
Ferne Edna Johnson
Birth: October 5, 1917Granville, Putnam, Illinois, United States
Death: February 14, 2001LaVerne, Los Angeles, California, United States
son
Private
son
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