The Shemwell Family

Nora Belle BlalockAge: 86 years19031989

Name
Nora Belle Blalock
Given names
Nora Belle
Surname
Blalock
Married name
Nora Belle Kerley
Birth January 27, 1903 34 33
MarriageAlvin KerleyView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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 26 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 motherNancy A Burgess
March 12, 1945 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 46 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 fatherEdd Blaylock
November 19, 1957 (Age 54 years)

Death of a husbandAlvin Kerley
January 23, 1964 (Age 60 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Anderson Blaylock
December 27, 1966 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 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 of a brotherSidney B Blaylock
January 29, 1982 (Age 79 years)

Death August 15, 1989 (Age 86 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1888
12 years
elder brother
3 years
herself
Nora Belle Blalock
Birth: January 27, 1903 34 33Tennessee, United States
Death: August 15, 1989Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
-11 years
elder brother
John Anderson Blaylock
Birth: October 3, 1891 22 22Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 27, 1966Harriman, Roane, Tennessee, United States
Family with Alvin Kerley - View this family
husband
Alvin Kerley
Birth: October 7, 1898 30 26Tennessee, United States
Death: January 23, 1964Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
herself
Nora Belle Blalock
Birth: January 27, 1903 34 33Tennessee, United States
Death: August 15, 1989Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
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