The Shemwell Family

Audrey Modine WardAge: 86 years19162002

Name
Audrey Modine Ward
Given names
Audrey Modine
Surname
Ward
Married name
Audrey Modine Underwood
Birth January 22, 1916 32 33
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 11 months)

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 23 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 13 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
MarriageWalter Patterson UnderwoodView this family
about 1931 (Age 14 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Dorothy Imogene Underwood
May 30, 1933 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Richard Gordon Underwood
June 29, 1935 (Age 19 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 33 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
Death of a fatherJohn B Ward
1960 (Age 43 years)

Death of a motherStella Hudson
1964 (Age 47 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 husbandWalter Patterson Underwood
July 6, 1982 (Age 66 years)
Death May 1, 2002 (Age 86 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
herself
Audrey Modine Ward
Birth: January 22, 1916 32 33Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 1, 2002Camden, Benton, Tennessee, United States
Family with Walter Patterson Underwood - View this family
husband
herself
Audrey Modine Ward
Birth: January 22, 1916 32 33Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 1, 2002Camden, Benton, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1931
2 years
daughter
Dorothy Imogene Underwood
Birth: May 30, 1933 22 17Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 22, 2007
2 years
son
Richard Gordon Underwood
Birth: June 29, 1935 24 19Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 23, 2006Union City, Obion, Tennessee, United States
Walter Patterson Underwood + Helen Mae Maulden - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Helen Mae Maulden
Birth: March 18, 1916Gideon, New Madrid, Missouri, United States
Death: August 7, 1996New Port Richey, Pasco, Florida, United States
step-son
Private
step-daughter
Private

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - John B Ward - Household

717 N. Poplar Street Paris, Henry, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Ward, John BheadMW54MTNSame PlaceLaborerRoad Maintenance
Ward, StellaXwifeFW57MTNSame Place
Underwood, ModinedaughterFW24WdTNSame Place
Underwood, Imogenegrand daughterFW7STNSame Place
Underwood, Richard(grand) sonMW5STN