The Shemwell Family

Mildred BrandonAge: 92 years19092001

Name
Mildred Brandon
Given names
Mildred
Surname
Brandon
Married name
Mildred Boullie
Married name
Mildred Shemwell
Birth estimated 1909

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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 20 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
MarriageJames BoullieView this family
estimated 1937 (Age 28 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 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 husbandJames Boullie
1965 (Age 56 years)

MarriageWilliam Ewing ShemwellView this family
estimated 1968 (Age 59 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 husbandWilliam Ewing Shemwell
February 27, 1983 (Age 74 years)
Death October 22, 2001 (Age 92 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Alexander Memorial Park
Family with James Boullie - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: estimated 1937
Family with William Ewing Shemwell - View this family
husband
William Ewing Shemwell
Birth: April 23, 1907 33 24Kentucky, United States
Death: February 27, 1983Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States
herself
Marriage: estimated 1968
William Ewing Shemwell + Pearline Allison - View this family
husband
William Ewing Shemwell
Birth: April 23, 1907 33 24Kentucky, United States
Death: February 27, 1983Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: before 1928
15 months
step-daughter
Anna Joyce Shemwell
Birth: April 1, 1929 21 22Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Death: August 23, 2018Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States

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