The Shemwell Family

Minnie DobynsAge: 60 years18861946

Name
Minnie Dobyns
Given names
Minnie
Surname
Dobyns
Married name
Minnie Webb
Birth January 31, 1886
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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
MarriageJames Thomas “Tom” WebbView this family
about 1904 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Virgil Keith Webb
August 20, 1904 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Eva Etta Webb
about 1908 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 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 son
#3
Lloyd Leon Webb
November 8, 1917 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 30 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 31 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 43 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 55 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 59 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 December 5, 1946 (Age 60 years)
Family with James Thomas “Tom” Webb - View this family
husband
herself
Minnie Dobyns
Birth: January 31, 1886Mt. Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: December 5, 1946Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: about 1904Missouri, United States
8 months
son
Virgil Keith Webb
Birth: August 20, 1904 19 18Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: November 26, 1977Miller, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
4 years
daughter
Eva Etta Webb
Birth: about 1908 22 21Missouri, United States
Death: December 6, 1980Golden, Barry, Missouri, United States
10 years
son
Lloyd Leon Webb
Birth: November 8, 1917 32 31Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: November 20, 2004Norwalk, Los Angeles, California, United States
James Thomas “Tom” Webb + Opal Ruth Holland - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Opal Ruth Holland
Birth: December 29, 1895 23 19Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: July 30, 1970Miller, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Marriage: June 19, 1923Los Angeles, California, United States
-2 years
step-daughter