The Shemwell Family

Della Magdelena KrantzAge: 92 years18921985

Name
Della Magdelena Krantz
Given names
Della Magdelena
Surname
Krantz
Married name
Della Magdelena Acuff
Birth July 20, 1892
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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
MarriageJohn Wesley AcuffView this family
April 22, 1916 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Floramye Dora Acuff
November 3, 1916 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 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 24 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 25 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 37 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
Death of a husbandJohn Wesley Acuff
January 16, 1938 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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 57 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 53 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 February 28, 1985 (Age 92 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery
Family with John Wesley Acuff - View this family
husband
John Wesley Acuff
Birth: May 10, 1891 38 27Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 16, 1938Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States
herself
Della Magdelena Krantz
Birth: July 20, 1892La Porte City, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States
Death: February 28, 1985Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States
Marriage: April 22, 1916Black Hawk, Iowa, United States
6 months
daughter
Floramye Dora Acuff
Birth: November 3, 1916 25 24Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States
Death: May 9, 2004Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States

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