The Shemwell Family

Georgia Florence ConnellAge: 79 years18751954

Name
Georgia Florence Connell
Given names
Georgia Florence
Surname
Connell
Married name
Georgia Florence Newberry
Birth September 9, 1875 26 24
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Alexander Shemwell
between 1870 and 1875

Death of a brotherConnell
February 1877 (Age 16 months)
Birth of a brotherJames Merton “Jim” Connell
October 8, 1877 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Demarious Gray
before 1880 (Age 4 years)

Census June 14, 1880 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterLillian Izora “Lillie” Connell
March 29, 1882 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherThomas Frederick Connell
July 16, 1884 (Age 8 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherGeorge W Connell
about 1884 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterNettie Pansy Connell
July 24, 1886 (Age 10 years)
MarriageJoe NewberryView this family
1893 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 40 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 41 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 42 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 fatherGeorge Franklin Connell
August 14, 1925 (Age 49 years)

Death of a sisterLillian Izora “Lillie” Connell
April 13, 1926 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 54 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 brotherJames Merton “Jim” Connell
September 7, 1942 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 66 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 motherNancy Ann Shemwell
November 19, 1951 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 74 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 70 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 October 27, 1954 (Age 79 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 25, 1869Houston, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder sister
4 years
elder brother
Connell
Birth: about 1874 24 22Tennessee, United States
Death: February 1877Tennessee, United States
20 months
herself
Georgia Florence Connell
Birth: September 9, 1875 26 24Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 27, 1954Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger brother
James Merton “Jim” Connell
Birth: October 8, 1877 28 26Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 7, 1942Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
5 years
younger sister
Lillian Izora “Lillie” Connell
Birth: March 29, 1882 32 31Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 13, 1926Houston, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
Thomas Frederick Connell
Birth: July 16, 1884 35 33Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 31, 1958Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger sister
Nettie Pansy Connell
Birth: July 24, 1886 37 35Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 5, 1955Arlington, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Family with Joe Newberry - View this family
husband
herself
Georgia Florence Connell
Birth: September 9, 1875 26 24Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 27, 1954Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: 1893Houston, Tennessee, United States

Georgia Florence Connell has 21 first cousins recorded

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - George Franklin Connell - Household

Houston, Tennessee

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Connell, G FWM31headMCooperingTNTNTN
Connell, N AWF27wifeMTNTNTN
Connell, M AWF8daughterSTNTNTN
Connell, G FWF4daughterSTNTNTN
Connell, J MWM2sonSTNTNTN
Connell, A BWM27brotherSCooperingTNTNTN