The Shemwell Family

Lena OrmeAge: 83 years19001984

Name
Lena Orme
Given names
Lena
Surname
Orme
Married name
Lena Burnett
Married name
Lena Bennett
Birth August 14, 1900 43 43

MarriageOscar N BennettView this family
unknown

Death of a motherSarah Oxsheer Worthington
July 24, 1901 (Age 11 months)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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 19 years)

Death of a sisterLola Sarah Orme
December 20, 1919 (Age 19 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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 41 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 51 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 49 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 56 years)
Death of a sisterGertrude “Gertie” Orme
November 14, 1959 (Age 59 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 brotherWilliam Melvin Orme
1975 (Age 74 years)

Death of a husbandOscar N Bennett
July 18, 1977 (Age 76 years)

Death June 20, 1984 (Age 83 years)

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

Lena Orme has 13 first cousins recorded

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