The Shemwell Family

Geraldine L DonnellyAge: 42 years19151957

Name
Geraldine L Donnelly
Given names
Geraldine L
Surname
Donnelly
Married name
Geraldine L Boots
Birth April 10, 1915
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 months)

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 20 months)

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 2 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 14 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
MarriageJames Earl Boots JrView this family
November 7, 1936 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 34 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 May 6, 1957 (Age 42 years)
Cremationunknown

Family with James Earl Boots Jr - View this family
husband
James Earl Boots Jr
Birth: December 20, 1914 22Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: May 2, 1988Pinellas, Florida, United States
herself
Geraldine L Donnelly
Birth: April 10, 1915Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: May 6, 1957Pasay, Manila, Philippines
Marriage: November 7, 1936Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
James Earl Boots Jr + Georgie Ruth Myers - View this family
husband
James Earl Boots Jr
Birth: December 20, 1914 22Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: May 2, 1988Pinellas, Florida, United States
husband’s wife
Georgie Ruth Myers
Birth: November 9, 1923Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States
Death: February 23, 2003Montrose, Montrose, Colorado, United States
step-son
Private
step-son
Private

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