The Shemwell Family

Ruby Myrtle RogersAge: 58 years18861944

Name
Ruby Myrtle Rogers
Given names
Ruby Myrtle
Surname
Rogers
Married name
Ruby Myrtle Hodges
Birth September 26, 1886
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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
MarriageNoah HodgesView this family
July 26, 1905 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Marvin Beryl Hodges
February 18, 1910 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 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 30 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 31 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 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Garrell Jean Hodges
May 31, 1934 (Age 47 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 December 22, 1944 (Age 58 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Highland Cemetery
Family with Noah Hodges - View this family
husband
Noah Hodges
Birth: May 6, 1885Weir, Cherokee, Kansas, United States
Death: November 8, 1956Kansas, United States
herself
Ruby Myrtle Rogers
Birth: September 26, 1886Garnett, Anderson, Kansas, United States
Death: December 22, 1944Iola, Allen, Kansas, United States
Marriage: July 26, 1905Allen, Kansas, United States
5 years
son
Marvin Beryl Hodges
Birth: February 18, 1910 24 23Gas, Allen, Kansas, United States
Death: February 20, 1963Los Angeles, California, United States