The Shemwell Family

Margaret Alice “Maggie” SandyAge: 89 years18771966

Name
Margaret Alice “Maggie” Sandy
Given names
Margaret Alice
Surname
Sandy
Nickname
Maggie
Birth March 6, 1877 37 37
Birth of a sisterNancy Rosa Sandy
August 11, 1878 (Age 17 months)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a brotherTillman Geordanis Sandy
July 23, 1880 (Age 3 years)
Death of a sisterCora Elizabeth Sandy
November 18, 1881 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah Lena Catherine Sandy
April 22, 1885 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherJacob Edward Sandy
about 1888 (Age 10 years)
Death of a brotherJacob Edward Sandy
about 1888 (Age 10 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam E Sandy
April 13, 1898 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 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
Death of a motherMary C Spader
December 2, 1900 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 38 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 39 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 40 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 fatherTillman Rawley Sandy
October 12, 1924 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 52 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 sisterNancy Rosa Sandy
April 26, 1936 (Age 59 years)
Cause: Influenza
Burial of a sisterNancy Rosa Sandy
April 28, 1936 (Age 59 years)
Death of a sisterMary Etta Susan Sandy
April 12, 1941 (Age 64 years)
Burial of a sisterMary Etta Susan Sandy
April 14, 1941 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 64 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 brotherWilliam Luther Sandy
December 26, 1945 (Age 68 years)
Cause: Resperatory Failure
Burial of a brotherWilliam Luther Sandy
December 28, 1945 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 72 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 sisterAnna Virginia “Annie” Sandy
December 20, 1957 (Age 80 years)
Cause: Congestive Heart Failure
Burial of a sisterAnna Virginia “Annie” Sandy
December 22, 1957 (Age 80 years)
Death of a brotherTillman Geordanis Sandy
January 21, 1966 (Age 88 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 68 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 October 4, 1966 (Age 89 years)
Cause of death: Generalized Arterisclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
Burial
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father
mother
Marriage: May 23, 1867Rockingham, Virginia, United States
10 months
elder brother
John M Sandy
Birth: March 10, 1868 28 28Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: January 26, 1869Rockingham, Virginia, United States
16 months
elder brother
William Luther Sandy
Birth: July 21, 1869 29 29Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: December 26, 1945Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States
19 months
elder sister
Mary Etta Susan Sandy
Birth: March 1, 1871 31 31Williams Run, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: April 12, 1941Mount Crawford, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
23 months
elder sister
Anna Virginia “Annie” Sandy
Birth: January 26, 1873 33 33Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: December 20, 1957Mount Crawford, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
2 years
elder sister
Cora Elizabeth Sandy
Birth: May 30, 1875 35 35Pleasant Valley, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: November 18, 1881Pleasant Valley, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
21 months
herself
Margaret Alice “Maggie” Sandy
Birth: March 6, 1877 37 37Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: October 4, 1966Mount Solon, Augusta, Virginia, United States
17 months
younger sister
Nancy Rosa Sandy
Birth: August 11, 1878 38 38Pleasant Valley, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: April 26, 1936Mount Rivers, Augusta, Virginia, United States
23 months
younger brother
Tillman Geordanis Sandy
Birth: July 23, 1880 40 40Pleasant Valley, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: January 21, 1966Mount Crawford, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
5 years
younger sister
Sarah Lena Catherine Sandy
Birth: April 22, 1885 45 45Pleasant Valley, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: January 21, 1979Dayton, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
4 years
younger brother
Jacob Edward Sandy
Birth: about 1888 48 48Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: about 1888Rockingham, Virginia, United States