The Shemwell Family

Thomas E Welch Jr.Age: 45 years19111957

Name
Thomas E Welch Jr.
Given names
Thomas E
Surname
Welch
Name suffix
Jr.
Birth November 5, 1911 18
Birth of a sisterCarrie Elizabeth Welch
September 14, 1913 (Age 22 months)
Birth of a sisterPauline Welch
January 29, 1915 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherRichard Welch
December 21, 1916 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 17 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 paternal grandfatherMorris Welch
October 17, 1938 (Age 26 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 maternal grandmotherMary Elizabeth Skaggs
March 13, 1948 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 January 14, 1957 (Age 45 years)
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Thomas E Welch Jr.
Birth: November 5, 1911 18Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: January 14, 1957Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States
22 months
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Pauline Welch
Birth: January 29, 1915 22Villa Grove, Douglas, Illinois, United States
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Richard Welch
Birth: December 21, 1916 23Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States
Death: May 15, 1976Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States
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Birth: November 5, 1911 18Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: January 14, 1957Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States
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