The Shemwell Family

Mary Ophelia LeinneweberAge: 80 years19051985

Name
Mary Ophelia Leinneweber
Given names
Mary Ophelia
Surname
Leinneweber
Married name
Mary Ophelia Zinsmeyer
Birth January 28, 1905 28 33

Death of a paternal grandfatherPeter Paul Winthrop Leinneweber
1906 (Age 11 months)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Johnson Gilbert
April 17, 1911 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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 paternal grandmotherMelissa Jane Whitley
March 23, 1923 (Age 18 years)
MarriageAugusta John ZinsmeyerView this family
July 6, 1924 (Age 19 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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 maternal grandmotherSarah Jane Trafton
April 27, 1939 (Age 34 years)
Death of a sisterTinnie Jane Leinneweber
May 1939 (Age 34 years)
Death of a motherNancy Christine Gilbert
April 12, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Death of a sisterCora Mae Leinneweber
July 31, 1943 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 44 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 40 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 husbandAugusta John Zinsmeyer
January 29, 1978 (Age 73 years)
Death December 9, 1985 (Age 80 years)

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elder sister
Tinnie Jane Leinneweber
Birth: March 22, 1899 22 28Hamilton, Texas, United States
Death: May 1939Hamilton, Texas, United States
6 years
herself
Family with Augusta John Zinsmeyer - View this family
husband
Augusta John Zinsmeyer
Birth: January 13, 1898Castroville, Medina, Texas, United States
Death: January 29, 1978Lacoste, Medina, Texas, United States
herself
Marriage: July 6, 1924

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