The Shemwell Family

Name
Eula Lurlene “Dink” McMillan
Given names
Eula Lurlene
Surname
McMillan
Nickname
Dink
Birth February 1896 32 24
Never Married
Never Married

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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
Birth of a brotherCharles Merton “Charlie” McMillan
February 4, 1900 (Age 4 years)
Census June 29, 1900 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterLois Darling McMillan
June 9, 1903 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterSallie Irene McMillan
September 8, 1907 (Age 11 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 14 years)
Address: Arlington Rd.
Birth of a brotherHarry Vernon McMillan
April 25, 1911 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a brotherRandle Maurice McMillan
August 20, 1914 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a sisterRuth Mineola “Dot” McMillan
August 20, 1914 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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/
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 23 years)
Death of a sisterAnnie Alice McMillan
1923 (Age 26 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherGeorge Franklin Connell
August 14, 1925 (Age 29 years)

Death of a brotherHarry Vernon McMillan
December 20, 1927 (Age 31 years)
Cause: Pneumonia - Typhoid Fever
Death of a sisterSallie Irene McMillan
March 4, 1928 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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 Leo Frank McMillan
July 10, 1930 (Age 34 years)
Cause: Auto accident
Death of a fatherJames Lawrence “Jim” McMillan
November 20, 1943 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 sisterRuth Mineola “Dot” McMillan
September 3, 1948 (Age 52 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy Ann Shemwell
November 19, 1951 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 53 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 Alice Connell
November 30, 1959 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 1959 (Age 62 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery
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