The Shemwell Family

Alline BoydAge: 64 years19211986

Name
Alline Boyd
Given names
Alline
Surname
Boyd
Birth July 21, 1921 21 22
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 8 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 motherTinnie Jane Leinneweber
May 1939 (Age 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy Christine Gilbert
April 12, 1940 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 20 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 28 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 fatherGeorge Elbert Boyd
November 17, 1974 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 24 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 sisterNaoma Boyd
October 19, 1981 (Age 60 years)
Death June 14, 1986 (Age 64 years)
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father
George Elbert Boyd
Birth: July 31, 1899Athens, Henderson, Texas, United States
Death: November 17, 1974Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States
mother
Tinnie Jane Leinneweber
Birth: March 22, 1899 22 28Hamilton, Texas, United States
Death: May 1939Hamilton, Texas, United States
Marriage: January 13, 1918Erath, Texas, United States
9 months
elder sister
Naoma Boyd
Birth: October 19, 1918 19 19Hico, Hamilton, Texas, United States
Death: October 19, 1981Clifton, Bosque, Texas, United States
3 years
herself
Alline Boyd
Birth: July 21, 1921 21 22Hico, Hamilton, Texas, United States
Death: June 14, 1986Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States