The Shemwell Family

Name
Grace Harrington
Given names
Grace
Surname
Harrington
Birth June 14, 1905 26 24
Birth of a sisterMargaret Ella Harrington
1908 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterRuth Harrington
December 7, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherRussell Harrington
1911 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Patrick Harrington
December 4, 1912 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Harrington
December 25, 1913 (Age 8 years)
Death of a brotherRussell Harrington
1914 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterNettie Blanche Harrington
May 1, 1916 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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/
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a sisterFlorence Marie Harrington
July 15, 1921 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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 sisterMargaret Ella Harrington
1935 (Age 29 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn F Wilson
February 1, 1937 (Age 31 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherEmma Rose Althea Carter
November 28, 1938 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 44 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 fatherGeorge Harrington
February 11, 1960 (Age 54 years)
Death of a brotherRalph Francis Harrington
May 5, 1969 (Age 63 years)
Death of a sisterMary Harrington
April 26, 1970 (Age 64 years)
Death of a motherMargaret Elizabeth Wilson
June 1970 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 brotherJohn Patrick Harrington
July 2, 1996 (Age 91 years)
Death 1997 (Age 91 years)
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