The Shemwell Family

Levia Ellen WittAge: 84 years18921977

Name
Levia Ellen Witt
Given names
Levia Ellen
Surname
Witt
Married name
Levia Ellen Voyles
Birth June 1892
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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
MarriageGeorge Washington VoylesView this family
July 23, 1911 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 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 24 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 25 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/
Birth of a daughter
#1
Edna Earle Voyles
May 23, 1919 (Age 26 years)
Census January 17, 1920 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 37 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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 57 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 husbandGeorge Washington Voyles
May 1966 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 53 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 1977 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Gardens Cemetery and Mausoleum
Family with George Washington Voyles - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: July 23, 1911Wise, Texas, United States
8 years
daughter
Edna Earle Voyles
Birth: May 23, 1919 28 26Iowa Park, Texas, United States
Death: April 19, 1999San Diego, San Diego, California, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Voyles - Household

Wichita, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Voyles, GeorgeheadMW28MYesYesTXARTXYesPainterHouseW
Voyles, LeviawifeFW27MYesYesTNTNTNYesNone
Voyles, LorendaughterFW7STXTXTNNone
Voyles, HulensonSW5STXTXTNNone
Voyles, EdnadaughterFW0 years 7 monthsSTXTXTNNone