The Shemwell Family

Mary Neale Stanley1909

Name
Mary Neale Stanley
Given names
Mary Neale
Surname
Stanley
Married name
Mary Neale Williams
Birth November 18, 1909 29 27
Birth of a brotherAllen Dodd Stanley
October 1, 1913 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a sisterMargaret Elizabeth Stanley
September 1918 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 7 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 8 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 grandfatherAllen Dodd Fields
April 23, 1922 (Age 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMargaret Angeline Tyler
July 3, 1924 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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 son
#1
Elwin Stanley “Stan” Williams
July 4, 1931 (Age 21 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Wesley Stanley
October 27, 1937 (Age 27 years)
Address: home of Allie Maude
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
Death of a fatherJames Claude Stanley
September 15, 1949 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 40 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 motherMary Neil Fields
December 28, 1958 (Age 49 years)
Death of a husbandElwin Grant “Chunk” Williams
October 31, 1969 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 brotherJames Clyde Stanley
July 26, 1976 (Age 66 years)
Death of a brotherAllen Dodd Stanley
August 23, 1984 (Age 74 years)
Death of a sonElwin Stanley “Stan” Williams
January 1985 (Age 75 years)
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: July 26, 1900
14 months
elder brother
James Clyde Stanley
Birth: October 9, 1901 21 19Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 26, 1976Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder sister
Margaret Elizabeth Stanley
Birth: March 3, 1905 24 22Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 1918Hickory, Graves, Kentucky, United States
5 years
herself
4 years
younger brother
Family with Elwin Grant “Chunk” Williams - View this family
husband
herself
son
Elwin Stanley “Stan” Williams
Birth: July 4, 1931 25 21Hickory, Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 1985Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
son
Private
son
Private

Mary Neale Stanley has 15 first cousins recorded