The Shemwell Family

Ella Lane Trafton1880

Name
Ella Lane Trafton
Given names
Ella Lane
Surname
Trafton
Birth 1880 30 31

Death of a motherLenora Anne Scott Gilbert
1880
Birth of a half-brotherRichard Trafton
May 23, 1885 (Age 5 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherMalachi Trafton
1885 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a half-sisterLydia Trafton
1887 (Age 7 years)

Birth of a half-sisterElvira Birdie Trafton
1890 (Age 10 years)

Birth of a half-brotherOron Trafton
October 28, 1890 (Age 10 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherNathan Gilbert
November 4, 1891 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a half-brotherVincent Trafton
October 3, 1893 (Age 13 years)

Birth of a half-sisterBessie Trafton
1897 (Age 17 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 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
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Womack
September 26, 1913 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 36 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 37 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 38 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 fatherRobert Allen Trafton
January 18, 1928 (Age 48 years)
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
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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 70 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 half-brotherOron Trafton
September 15, 1973 (Age 93 years)
Burial of a half-brotherOron Trafton
September 15, 1973 (Age 93 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hopewell Cemetery
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 66 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
Deathunknown

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Marriage: October 9, 1867Gonzales, Texas, United States
2 years
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13 months
elder sister
1 year
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
6 years
elder brother
2 months
elder brother
2 years
herself
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step-mother
Marriage:
half-sister
8 years
half-brother
3 years
half-sister
4 years
half-sister
10 months
half-brother
3 years
half-brother
4 years
half-sister

Ella Lane Trafton has 44 first cousins recorded