The Shemwell Family

Eddie Helen ParhamAge: 49 years18941943

Name
Eddie Helen Parham
Given names
Eddie Helen
Surname
Parham
Birth August 15, 1894 33 30
Death of a fatherJames Edwin Parham
1894
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 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 22 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 23 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 sisterMerle Albertine Parham
February 3, 1923 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 35 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 motherJohanna Jane “Jenny” Campbell
February 5, 1942 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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 September 1, 1943 (Age 49 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: August 25, 1880
10 years
elder sister
Merle Albertine Parham
Birth: March 15, 1890 29 26Lamar, Texas, United States
Death: February 3, 1923Electra, Wichita, Texas, United States
4 years
herself
Eddie Helen Parham
Birth: August 15, 1894 33 30Texas, United States
Death: September 1, 1943Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States