The Shemwell Family

Esther Pauline BraceyAge: 75 years19181993

Name
Esther Pauline Bracey
Given names
Esther Pauline
Surname
Bracey
Married name
Esther Pauline Burke
Birth April 10, 1918
MarriageClarence Ewing BurkeView this family
unknown

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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

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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 11 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 23 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 31 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 husbandClarence Ewing Burke
April 27, 1974 (Age 56 years)
Burial of a husbandClarence Ewing Burke
April 29, 1974 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 27 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 August 5, 1993 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Family with Clarence Ewing Burke - View this family
husband
herself
Esther Pauline Bracey
Birth: April 10, 1918Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 5, 1993Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
Clarence Ewing Burke + Lorine Laura Robinson - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Lorine Laura Robinson
Birth: August 31, 1916 38 37Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 2, 1999Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Marriage:
step-son
William Eugene Burke
Birth: July 6, 1933 22 16Trenton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 7, 2001
2 years
step-son
Robert Ewing Burke
Birth: December 6, 1935 24 19Trenton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 24, 2015Newburgh, Warrick, Indiana, United States

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