The Shemwell Family

Orale Christine SandyAge: 77 years19121989

Name
Orale Christine Sandy
Given names
Orale Christine
Surname
Sandy
Married name
Orale Christine Steel
Birth February 13, 1912 24 22
Birth of a brotherKenneth Eugene Sandy
November 12, 1913 (Age 20 months)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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/
Death of a paternal grandmotherKate Vernon Rhodes
December 9, 1927 (Age 15 years)
Cause: Train/Car Accident
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
Marriage of a parentGeorge William SandySusie Marie KemmerView this family
January 22, 1943 (Age 30 years)
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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 37 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 33 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 fatherGeorge William Sandy
July 11, 1978 (Age 66 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Rachel Watters
May 16, 1985 (Age 73 years)
Death of a brotherKenneth Eugene Sandy
September 25, 1987 (Age 75 years)
Death August 16, 1989 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Elizabeth Rachel Watters
Birth: January 30, 1890Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States
Death: May 16, 1985Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States
Marriage: December 16, 1908Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Divorce: February 14, 1942Multnomah, Oregon, United States
3 years
herself
Orale Christine Sandy
Birth: February 13, 1912 24 22Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: August 16, 1989Sacramento, California, United States
21 months
younger brother
Kenneth Eugene Sandy
Birth: November 12, 1913 25 23Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Death: September 25, 1987Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States
Father’s family with Susie Marie Kemmer - View this family
father
step-mother
Susie Marie Kemmer
Birth: August 14, 1896Reedville, Washington, Oregon, United States
Death: September 6, 1968Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States
Marriage: January 22, 1943Clark, Washington, United States

Orale Christine Sandy has 17 first cousins recorded