The Shemwell Family

Virginia Madge WilliamsAge: 80 years19071987

Name
Virginia Madge Williams
Given names
Virginia Madge
Surname
Williams
Married name
Virginia Madge Allen
Birth 1907
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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
MarriageHaskell Arthur Allen Sr.View this family
October 26, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Haskell Arthur Allen Jr
June 21, 1931 (Age 24 years)
DivorceHaskell Arthur Allen Sr.View this family
before 1940 (Age 33 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 43 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 husbandHaskell Arthur Allen Sr.
May 31, 1958 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 sonHaskell Arthur Allen Jr
February 21, 1978 (Age 71 years)
Death August 6, 1987 (Age 80 years)
Family with Haskell Arthur Allen Sr. - View this family
ex-husband
herself
Marriage: October 26, 1930Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Divorce: before 1940
8 months
son
Haskell Arthur Allen Jr
Birth: June 21, 1931 23 24Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 21, 1978Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Haskell Arthur Allen Sr. + Ruth Louise Campbell - View this family
ex-husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: 1942
4 years
step-son
Michael Peter Allen
Birth: March 9, 1946 37 27Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 9, 1946Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
13 months
step-daughter
Nancy Louise Allen
Birth: April 2, 1947 38 28Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 17, 2024Burleson, Tarrant, Texas, United States
3 years
step-son
Arthur Arnold “Art” Allen
Birth: June 7, 1950 42 31Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: November 18, 2012Tahlequah, Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States

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