Laura Elizabeth SivillsAge: 72 years1891–1964
- Name
- Laura Elizabeth Sivills
- Given names
- Laura Elizabeth
- Surname
- Sivills
- Married name
- Laura Elizabeth Howell
 Birth | November 27, 1891 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 6 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 |
 Marriage | Fred Franklin Howell — View this family December 26, 1907 (Age 16 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Betty Inez Howell September 24, 1908 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 24 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 25 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 26 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 37 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Ray Ervin “Junior” Shemwell Jr. November 3, 1929 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Betty Jean Shemwell January 1, 1939 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 50 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 58 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 54 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 | August 24, 1964 (Age 72 years) |
| Family with Fred Franklin Howell |
| husband |
Fred Franklin Howell Death: |
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Laura Elizabeth Sivills Birth: November 27, 1891 Death: August 24, 1964 |
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Marriage: December 26, 1907 — |
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9 months daughter |
Betty Inez Howell Birth: September 24, 1908 16 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 7, 1974 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |