The Shemwell Family

Mary Jane JohnsonAge: 75 years19221997

Name
Mary Jane Johnson
Given names
Mary Jane
Surname
Johnson
Married name
Mary Jane Preston
Married name
Mary Jane Meyer
Birth June 18, 1922
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 7 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 19 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 husbandFloyd Lewis Preston
February 19, 1951 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 27 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
MarriageHenry Robert MeyerView this family
April 24, 1954 (Age 31 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 23 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 September 5, 1997 (Age 75 years)
Family with Floyd Lewis Preston - View this family
husband
Floyd Lewis Preston
Birth: December 30, 1922 38 40Bladen, Webster, Nebraska, United States
Death: February 19, 1951Hastings, Adams, Nebraska, United States
herself
Mary Jane Johnson
Birth: June 18, 1922Sioux City, Dakota, Nebraska, United States
Death: September 5, 1997Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States
daughter
Private
Family with Henry Robert Meyer - View this family
husband
Henry Robert Meyer
Birth: November 7, 1925St. Libory, Howard, Nebraska, United States
Death: October 21, 1998Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States
herself
Mary Jane Johnson
Birth: June 18, 1922Sioux City, Dakota, Nebraska, United States
Death: September 5, 1997Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States
Marriage: April 24, 1954

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