The Shemwell Family

Mildred Elizabeth ShaverAge: 87 years18991987

Name
Mildred Elizabeth Shaver
Given names
Mildred Elizabeth
Surname
Shaver
Married name
Mildred Elizabeth Millen
Birth May 5, 1899
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 17 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 18 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/
MarriageJames Harry MillenView this family
December 15, 1920 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Doris Evelyn Millen
January 4, 1924 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2
James Harry Millen Jr
June 23, 1925 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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
Birth of a son
#3
David Lawrence Millen
May 24, 1930 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 50 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 46 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 May 1, 1987 (Age 87 years)
Family with James Harry Millen - View this family
husband
James Harry Millen
Birth: December 19, 1892 31 26Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 10, 1991Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
herself
Mildred Elizabeth Shaver
Birth: May 5, 1899Earlington, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 1, 1987Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Marriage: December 15, 1920
3 years
daughter
Doris Evelyn Millen
Birth: January 4, 1924 31 24Earlington, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 27, 1987Contra Costa, California, United States
18 months
son
James Harry Millen Jr
Birth: June 23, 1925 32 26Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 30, 2007Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States
5 years
son
David Lawrence Millen
Birth: May 24, 1930 37 31Earlington, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 2, 2016Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States

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