The Shemwell Family

Virginia Grizzard1912

Name
Virginia Grizzard
Given names
Virginia
Surname
Grizzard
Birth about 1912 22 17
Marriage of parentsWilliam Cleveland GrizzardWillie May ClardyView this family
May 29, 1916 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherVan Buford Grizzard
February 21, 1918 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 5 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 6 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/
Birth of a brotherJackson Meade Grizzard
January 21, 1926 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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 motherWillie May Clardy
February 10, 1932 (Age 20 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas Morton Clardy
November 22, 1937 (Age 25 years)
Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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
Death of a fatherWilliam Cleveland Grizzard
November 19, 1945 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 34 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 brotherVan Buford Grizzard
February 3, 2006 (Age 94 years)
Death of a brotherJackson Meade Grizzard
June 5, 2020 (Age 108 years)
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
William Cleveland Grizzard
Birth: June 9, 1889Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 19, 1945Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
mother
Willie May Clardy
Birth: July 15, 1894 35 33Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 10, 1932Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: May 29, 1916Cheatham, Tennessee, United States
-3 years
herself
6 years
younger brother
Van Buford Grizzard
Birth: February 21, 1918 28 23Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 3, 2006Bethpage, Sumner, Tennessee, United States
8 years
younger brother
Jackson Meade Grizzard
Birth: January 21, 1926 36 31Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 5, 2020Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States