The Shemwell Family

Louise RichmondAge: 2 years19161918

Name
Louise Richmond
Given names
Louise
Surname
Richmond
Birth 1916 19 19

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 brotherWinfred Zenus Richmond
August 16, 1917 (Age 19 months)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 12 months)

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 (on the date of death)

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 1918 (Age 2 years)

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father
mother
herself
19 months
younger brother
Winfred Zenus Richmond
Birth: August 16, 1917 20 20Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 12, 1991Kokomo, Howard, Indiana, United States
5 years
younger sister
Mildred Lucille Richmond
Birth: November 11, 1922 25 26Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 4, 2003
sister
Private
younger sister
Lillan Demova Richmond
Birth: October 22, 1931 34 35Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 6, 2006Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, United States
4 years
younger brother

Louise Richmond has 9 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (9)

Parents Carl Ernest Lyon + Mary E Gallion
1Private
2Private
3Private
Parents Jennings Bryan Gant + Eula Mae Lyon
1Mildred Joyce Gant19231987
2Carl Merlin Gant19281947
3Private
4Howard Lloyd Gant19332004
Parents Earl E Francis + Eunice Lea Lyon
1Private