The Shemwell Family

Malinda Jane LampkinsAge: 80 years18751955

Name
Malinda Jane Lampkins
Given names
Malinda Jane
Surname
Lampkins
Married name
Malinda Jane Spears
Birth August 20, 1875

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageRobert Harvey SpearsView this family
June 8, 1891 (Age 15 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Sarah Myrtle Spears
1895 (Age 19 years)

Birth of a son
#2
William Henry Spears
1896 (Age 20 years)

Death of a sonWilliam Henry Spears
1896 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a daughter
#3
Ethel Mae Spears
1898 (Age 22 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 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
Birth of a son
#4
Harvey Hugh Spears
1904 (Age 28 years)

Birth of a daughter
#5
Lola D Spears
1908 (Age 32 years)

Birth of a son
#6
Anna Marie Spears
1911 (Age 35 years)

Birth of a daughter
#7
Gladys L Spears
1914 (Age 38 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 40 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a daughter
#8
Edith Louise Spears
March 31, 1918 (Age 42 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 41 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 42 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 54 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 grandson
#1
Normon Flener
January 26, 1939 (Age 63 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 66 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 husbandRobert Harvey Spears
November 30, 1946 (Age 71 years)

Birth of a grandson
#2
Wendell Flener
March 29, 1948 (Age 72 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 74 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 70 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 22, 1955 (Age 80 years)

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