The Shemwell Family

Della McGee1890

Name
Della McGee
Given names
Della
Surname
McGee
Married name
Della Nause
Married name
Della House
Birth 1890 66 34
Birth of a sisterGlen Dora McGee
April 30, 1891 (Age 15 months)
Birth of a sisterMarie McGee
1897 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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
Death of a fatherWilliam D McGee
about 1905 (Age 15 years)
MarriageAlfred Dempsey HouseView this family
about 1909 (Age 19 years)

Census April 21, 1910 (Age 20 years)
Death of a motherClara Frances “Fannie” Price
April 21, 1912 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 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 27 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 28 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/
Death of a husbandAlfred Dempsey House
December 19, 1922 (Age 32 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 39 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 51 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 60 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 sisterGlen Dora McGee
August 23, 1965 (Age 75 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 56 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 30, 1873Lee, Mississippi, United States
17 years
herself
16 months
younger sister
7 years
younger sister
Family with Alfred Dempsey House - View this family
husband
Alfred Dempsey House
Birth: December 26, 1880Texarkana, Miller, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 19, 1922
herself
Marriage: about 1909

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Clara Frances “Fannie” Price - Household

1241 Prime Abilene, Taylor, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
McGee, FannyheadFW554Wd36139ALALALOwn Income
McGee, MariedaughterFW13STXALAL
Daugherty, Clarence Wson in lawMW25M12TXTXTXPainterHouse
Daugherty, DoradaughterFW16M1211TXALAL
Daugherty, Myrtlegrand daughterFW22mSTXTXTX
House, A Dempseyson in lawMW29M12ARILMSLinemanElectric Lights
House, DelladaughterFW20M1200TXALAL