The Shemwell Family

Homer Eugene BittickAge: 76 years19001976

Name
Homer Eugene Bittick
Given names
Homer Eugene
Surname
Bittick
Birth August 28, 1900
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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 daughter
#1
Mary Lewgene Hulda “Gene” Bittick
December 17, 1928 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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
Birth of a daughter
#2
Bonita Hazel “Bonnie” Bittick
March 20, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Pearlene Elloree Bittick
August 9, 1938 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Lynnard Wallace “Corky” Bittick
March 11, 1941 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Norva Marrienn Bittick
October 12, 1942 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 49 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Douglas Burl Newell
December 27, 1954 (Age 54 years)
Death of a grandsonDouglas Burl Newell
December 27, 1954 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Carrie Ellan Newell
August 1, 1960 (Age 59 years)
Death of a wifeElla Maude Taylor
February 6, 1973 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 November 10, 1976 (Age 76 years)
Burial
Family with Ella Maude Taylor - View this family
himself
wife
daughter
Mary Lewgene Hulda “Gene” Bittick
Birth: December 17, 1928 28 19Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: April 26, 1998Sweet, Gem, Idaho, United States
15 months
daughter
Bonita Hazel “Bonnie” Bittick
Birth: March 20, 1930 29 20Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: April 7, 1986Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
8 years
daughter
Pearlene Elloree Bittick
Birth: August 9, 1938 37 29Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: June 16, 1997Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States
3 years
son
Lynnard Wallace “Corky” Bittick
Birth: March 11, 1941 40 31Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: December 14, 2010Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States
19 months
daughter
Norva Marrienn Bittick
Birth: October 12, 1942 42 33Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: December 26, 2015Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States
daughter
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