The Shemwell Family

Gertrude “Gertie” OrmeAge: 78 years18811959

Name
Gertrude “Gertie” Orme
Given names
Gertrude
Surname
Orme
Married name
Gertrude Lee
Nickname
Gertie
Birth March 25, 1881 24 23
MarriageUries LeeView this family
unknown

Birth of a brotherJames Wed Orme
October 14, 1882 (Age 18 months)

Death of a paternal grandfatherWillaim Taylor Orme
January 20, 1883 (Age 21 months)
Birth of a sisterAddie Ann Orme
April 18, 1885 (Age 4 years)

Birth of a brotherWilliam Melvin Orme
May 14, 1887 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherVernon Crocket Orme
April 9, 1889 (Age 8 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMartha Ann “Patsy” Parham
May 20, 1890 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterLola Sarah Orme
June 29, 1892 (Age 11 years)

Birth of a sisterJewel Violet Orme
1897 (Age 15 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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 sisterLena Orme
August 14, 1900 (Age 19 years)

Death of a motherSarah Oxsheer Worthington
July 24, 1901 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 34 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 35 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 36 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/
Death of a brotherJames Wed Orme
December 20, 1919 (Age 38 years)

Death of a sisterLola Sarah Orme
December 20, 1919 (Age 38 years)

Death of a husbandUries Lee
September 2, 1926 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 48 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 fatherNicholas Spring Orme
June 5, 1942 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 60 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 sisterJewel Violet Orme
1952 (Age 70 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 68 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 brotherVernon Crocket Orme
1957 (Age 75 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 64 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 November 14, 1959 (Age 78 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 1, 1880Tennessee, United States
8 months
herself
Gertrude “Gertie” Orme
Birth: March 25, 1881 24 23Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 14, 1959
19 months
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
William Melvin Orme
Birth: May 14, 1887 30 30Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1975
13 years
younger sister
-3 years
younger sister
-5 years
younger sister
-3 years
younger brother
Vernon Crocket Orme
Birth: April 9, 1889 32 31Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1957Kansas, United States
Family with Uries Lee - View this family
husband
Uries Lee
Birth: April 30, 1877Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 2, 1926Anthony, Harper, Kansas, United States
herself
Gertrude “Gertie” Orme
Birth: March 25, 1881 24 23Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 14, 1959
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