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Ethel Alberta Smith1903

Name
Ethel Alberta Smith
Given names
Ethel Alberta
Surname
Smith
Married name
Ethel Alberta Harned
Married name
Ethel Alberta Shelby
Birth June 13, 1903 34 24
Birth of a brotherJames Stanley Smith
December 22, 1907 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Edwin Smith
September 13, 1909 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherClaude Wilson Smith
March 20, 1912 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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 maternal grandmotherMargaret Angeline Tyler
July 3, 1924 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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 grandfatherJames Wesley Stanley
October 27, 1937 (Age 34 years)
Address: home of Allie Maude
Death of a brotherRoy Labern Smith
September 16, 1940 (Age 37 years)

Death of a brotherRosco Bryan Smith
September 13, 1944 (Age 41 years)

Cause: Stabbed with an ice-pick
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 brotherClaude Wilson Smith
December 17, 1948 (Age 45 years)

Cause: died of Burgher's disease (circulatory)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 46 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 fatherCharles W Smith
July 10, 1960 (Age 57 years)
Death of a motherAllie Maude Stanley
February 4, 1966 (Age 62 years)
Death of a brotherFred Fearknott Smith
May 17, 1974 (Age 70 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 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 brotherRobert Edwin Smith
June 20, 1978 (Age 75 years)

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Roy Labern Smith
Birth: June 28, 1895 26 16Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 16, 1940
16 months
elder brother
Rosco Bryan Smith
Birth: November 6, 1896 27 18Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 13, 1944
3 years
elder sister
14 months
elder brother
Fred Fearknott Smith
Birth: January 11, 1901 31 22Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 17, 1974
2 years
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5 years
younger brother
21 months
younger brother
Robert Edwin Smith
Birth: September 13, 1909 40 30Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 20, 1978
3 years
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Claude Wilson Smith
Birth: March 20, 1912 42 33Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 17, 1948
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