The Shemwell Family

Billie Mahrie ShawAge: 62 years19251988

Name
Billie Mahrie Shaw
Given names
Billie Mahrie
Surname
Shaw
Birth March 30, 1925 29 21
Birth of a brotherLarl Clinton “Bub” Shaw
January 14, 1927 (Age 21 months)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 4 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
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 16 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
Census April 6, 1950 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 24 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 maternal grandfatherRichard Alva “Alvy” Steward
May 22, 1963 (Age 38 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSophia Ann Holland
September 7, 1964 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 20 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 fatherWilliam Barley Shaw
November 1976 (Age 51 years)
Death of a motherChina Mahrie Steward
January 12, 1982 (Age 56 years)
Death January 16, 1988 (Age 62 years)
Burialunknown

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father
William Barley Shaw
Birth: March 19, 1896Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: November 1976Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States
mother
China Mahrie Steward
Birth: June 22, 1903 30 27Vaughn, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 12, 1982Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States
herself
Billie Mahrie Shaw
Birth: March 30, 1925 29 21Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 16, 1988Dade, Florida, United States
22 months
younger brother
Larl Clinton “Bub” Shaw
Birth: January 14, 1927 30 23St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Death: January 2, 2022Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
sister
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