The Shemwell Family

Walter E Lee WilkinsAge: 97 years19072004

Name
Walter E Lee Wilkins
Given names
Walter E Lee
Surname
Wilkins
Birth January 12, 1907
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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 22 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
MarriageThelma Lorraine CarnealView this family
about 1933 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Bobbie Ann Wilkins
December 21, 1934 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Dorothy Lee Wilkins
November 21, 1936 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 42 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Jerry Lee Ritchey
October 14, 1963 (Age 56 years)
Death of a grandsonJerry Lee Ritchey
October 16, 1963 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 daughterDorothy Lee Wilkins
December 28, 2002 (Age 95 years)
Death July 12, 2004 (Age 97 years)
Family with Thelma Lorraine Carneal - View this family
himself
Walter E Lee Wilkins
Birth: January 12, 1907Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 12, 2004Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1933
2 years
daughter
Bobbie Ann Wilkins
Birth: December 21, 1934 27 19Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 14, 2015Converse, Sabine, Louisiana, United States
23 months
daughter
Dorothy Lee Wilkins
Birth: November 21, 1936 29 21Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 28, 2002Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States
Richard Edward Gisbrecht + Thelma Lorraine Carneal - View this family
wife’s husband
Richard Edward Gisbrecht
Birth: June 19, 1920Johnstown, Cmbria, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: May 12, 2007Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States
wife
step-daughter
Private
step-son
Douglas W Gisbrecht
Birth: October 8, 1954 34 39
Death: 2020Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States
step-daughter
Private

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