Vera Adlade ShortAge: 86 years1903–1990
- Name
- Vera Adlade Short
- Given names
- Vera Adlade
- Surname
- Short
- Married name
- Vera Adlade Shemwell
 Birth | September 21, 1903 42 37 |
 Birth of a sister | Georgia Nell Short about 1908 (Age 4 years) |
 Occupation | Teacher |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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/ |
 Marriage | Jefferson Davis Shemwell — View this family September 4, 1921 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a father | Albert Agustus “Gus” Short August 19, 1922 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 26 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 2, 1930 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Adlaide Smith December 14, 1939 (Age 36 years) |
| Census | April 6, 1940 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 46 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 42 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 husband | Jefferson Davis Shemwell October 7, 1984 (Age 81 years) |
| Religion | Baptist before 1990 (Age 86 years) |
 Death | April 13, 1990 (Age 86 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maynard Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Albert Agustus “Gus” Short Birth: December 6, 1860 — Corinth, Alcorn, Mississippi, United States Death: August 19, 1922 — Maynard, Randolph, Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
Mary Adlaide Smith Birth: August 29, 1866 — Milledgeville, McNairy, Tennessee, United States Death: December 14, 1939 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: February 27, 1883 — Milledgeville, McNairy, Tennessee, United States |
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21 years herself |
Vera Adlade Short Birth: September 21, 1903 42 37 — Middlebrook, Randolph, Arkansas, United States Death: April 13, 1990 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Georgia Nell Short Birth: about 1908 47 41 — Randolph, Arkansas, United States Death: |
| Family with Jefferson Davis Shemwell |
| husband |
Jefferson Davis Shemwell Birth: August 16, 1900 43 30 — Randolph, Arkansas, United States Death: October 7, 1984 — Arkansas, United States |
| herself |
Vera Adlade Short Birth: September 21, 1903 42 37 — Middlebrook, Randolph, Arkansas, United States Death: April 13, 1990 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: September 4, 1921 — Randolph, Arkansas, United States |
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Jefferson Davis Shemwell - Household
503 E 6th. Texarkana, Miller, Arkansas
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - H L McDonald - Household
110 Sans Martin Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas
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