The Shemwell Family

Stella HudsonAge: 81 years18831964

Name
Stella Hudson
Given names
Stella
Surname
Hudson
Married name
Stella Ward
Birth 1883
MarriageJohn B WardView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Audrey Modine Ward
January 22, 1916 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 33 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 34 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 35 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 46 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
Marriage of a childWalter Patterson UnderwoodAudrey Modine WardView this family
about 1931 (Age 48 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Dorothy Imogene Underwood
May 30, 1933 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Richard Gordon Underwood
June 29, 1935 (Age 52 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 58 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 67 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 husbandJohn B Ward
1960 (Age 77 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 63 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 1964 (Age 81 years)

Family with John B Ward - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
daughter
Audrey Modine Ward
Birth: January 22, 1916 32 33Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 1, 2002Camden, Benton, Tennessee, United States

No family available

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