The Shemwell Family

Name
Lornatta Harris
Given names
Lornatta
Surname
Harris
Married name
Lornatta Murphy
Birth January 1886 36 32
Death of a paternal grandfatherJephthah I Harris
November 29, 1887 (Age 22 months)
Birth of a brotherTimothy John Harris
October 27, 1889 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherRomie Harris
February 19, 1892 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherWalter Harris
August 12, 1894 (Age 8 years)
Death of a brotherWalter Harris
September 15, 1894 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
MarriageCharles MurphyView this family
between 1900 and 1910 (Age 14 years)

Census June 1, 1900 (Age 14 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam L Harris
October 8, 1910 (Age 24 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherPhada Jane “Fadie” Christian
October 19, 1911 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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/
Death of a motherFannie Lee Hester
December 31, 1928 (Age 42 years)
Death of a brotherJames Elmer Harris
March 10, 1929 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 43 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 brotherLeslie J Harris
May 8, 1936 (Age 50 years)
Death of a brotherCharles Perkins “Charlie” Harris
after 1943 (Age 57 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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
Death of a sisterDaisy Mae Harris
July 17, 1952 (Age 66 years)
Death of a brotherTimothy John Harris
August 18, 1953 (Age 67 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 64 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 sisterManie Wilson Harris
1955 (Age 69 years)
Note: Aged Convalescent Home 1950 Census
Death of a brotherRomie Harris
January 13, 1962 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 60 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
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