The Shemwell Family

William “Billy” SchirmAge: 4 years19131917

Name
William “Billy” Schirm
Given names
William
Surname
Schirm
Nickname
Billy
Birth 1913 41 32
Death of a paternal grandfatherMartin Schirm
August 29, 1913
Birth of a brotherRobert Frank Schirm
June 22, 1914 (Age 17 months)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Anderson Barnett
September 26, 1915 (Age 2 years)
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 (on the date of death)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Death 1917 (Age 4 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Barnett Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: December 30, 1908Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States
13 months
elder sister
Nancy Ann Schirm
Birth: February 8, 1910 38 29Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: February 23, 1978South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
4 years
himself
William “Billy” Schirm
Birth: 1913 41 32Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: 1917Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
18 months
younger brother
9 years
younger sister
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mother
half-brother

William “Billy” Schirm has 20 first cousins recorded