The Shemwell Family

Johnnie Gillie KennerAge: 101 years18971998

Name
Johnnie Gillie Kenner
Given names
Johnnie Gillie
Surname
Kenner
Married name
Johnnie Gillie Hall
Birth March 18, 1897

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 months)
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
MarriageRay Henry HallView this family
1913 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a son
#1
Lilburn Hall
February 16, 1918 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 19 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 20 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/
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 22 years)
Address: Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
Birth of a son
#2
Walter Ferrell Hall
August 25, 1922 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 32 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
Census April 1930 (Age 33 years)
Address: Sharon and Clifty, District 5 Todd, Kentucky
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 43 years)
Address: Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 52 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 sonWalter Ferrell Hall
July 1972 (Age 75 years)
Death of a husbandRay Henry Hall
June 13, 1973 (Age 76 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 48 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 sonLilburn Hall
November 24, 1991 (Age 94 years)
Death May 20, 1998 (Age 101 years)
Family with Ray Henry Hall - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: 1913Todd, Kentucky, United States
5 years
son
Lilburn Hall
Birth: February 16, 1918 31 20Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 24, 1991Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
5 years
son
Walter Ferrell Hall
Birth: August 25, 1922 36 25Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 1972Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States

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