The Shemwell Family

Ruth LillardAge: 34 years19021936

Name
Ruth Lillard
Given names
Ruth
Surname
Lillard
Married name
Ruth Holland
Birth 1902
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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
MarriageHenry Harrison HollandView this family
August 21, 1933 (Age 31 years)
Death of a husbandHenry Harrison Holland
February 1, 1936 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#1
James Harrison Holland
August 28, 1936 (on the date of death)
Death August 28, 1936 (Age 34 years)
Cause of death: Child Birth
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Family with Henry Harrison Holland - View this family
husband
Henry Harrison Holland
Birth: 1903 36 31Arkansas, United States
Death: February 1, 1936Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
herself
Ruth Lillard
Birth: 1902Neosho, Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: August 28, 1936Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: August 21, 1933Claremore, Rogers, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
son
James Harrison Holland
Birth: August 28, 1936 33 34Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 24, 1958Ventura, California, United States

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