The Shemwell Family

Lizzie LackAge: 88 years18871976

Name
Lizzie Lack
Given names
Lizzie
Surname
Lack
Married name
Lizzie Hall
Birth July 26, 1887
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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
MarriageFinley HallView this family
January 15, 1911 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mabel Louise Hall
December 19, 1911 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 28 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 29 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 30 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 29, 1920 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 42 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 10, 1930 (Age 42 years)
Census May 1, 1940 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 54 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 of a husbandFinley Hall
about 1946 (Age 58 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 62 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 58 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 April 23, 1976 (Age 88 years)
Family with Finley Hall - View this family
husband
herself
Lizzie Lack
Birth: July 26, 1887Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 23, 1976Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: January 15, 1911Todd, Kentucky, United States
11 months
daughter
Finley Hall + Lillie M Boley - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: about 1899Todd, Kentucky, United States
2 years
step-daughter
Ida L Hall
Birth: about 1900 24Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death:
3 years
step-son
Tessie Lee Hall
Birth: September 23, 1902 27Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 13, 1934Todd, Kentucky, United States

No family available

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Finley Hall - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Hall, FinheadMW44MKYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Hall, LizziewifeFW31MKYKYKY
Hall, TessiesonMW17SKYKYKY
Hall, MabeldaughterFW8SKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Finley Hall - Household

Sharon Grove Todd Ky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Fin HallheadMW50M22KYKYKYFarmingGen Farm
Lizzie HallwifeFW42M23KYKYKY
Mabel L HalldaughterFW18SKYKYKY

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Finley Hall - Household

Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchEdBPResFBPMBPFarmOccupationIndustryEmpWksIncVetWar
Finn HallheadMW60M250KYFarmerFarm
Lizzie HallwifeFW52M7KY
Elizabeth Gallionfoster childFW14S0KY