The Shemwell Family

Name
Gertrude Lee “Gertie” French
Given names
Gertrude Lee
Surname
French
Married name
Gertrude Lee Wright
Nickname
Gertie
Birth September 1880 28 28
Birth of a sisterLiley M French
January 10, 1883 (Age 2 years)

Death of a sisterLiley M French
February 15, 1883 (Age 2 years)

Birth of a sisterIva Dell French
April 14, 1884 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherUnknown French
January 7, 1886 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherNova David French
August 13, 1886 (Age 5 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Calvin Shamel
April 13, 1888 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 19 years)
MarriageJohn Thomas WrightView this family
April 2, 1901 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mabel Annette Wright
December 5, 1901 (Age 21 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherVirlinda Nelson
October 22, 1906 (Age 26 years)

Birth of a son
#2
Paul Earl Wright
January 27, 1907 (Age 26 years)
Census May 2, 1910 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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/
Census January 2, 1920 (Age 39 years)
Death of a motherAmelia Priscillia Shamel
January 9, 1924 (Age 43 years)
Death of a fatherDavid French
February 23, 1928 (Age 47 years)
Cause: Myocarditis
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 49 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
Census April 24, 1930 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Jack Wright
April 3, 1932 (Age 51 years)
Census April 23, 1940 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 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 husbandJohn Thomas Wright
January 20, 1949 (Age 68 years)
Cause: Carcinoma of the stomach
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 69 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 brotherNova David French
June 18, 1961 (Age 80 years)
Cause: Heart Attack
Death of a sisterIva Dell French
July 15, 1975 (Age 94 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 65 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 December 27, 1976 (Age 96 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Competition Cemetery
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