The Shemwell Family

Marie Gosey1908

Name
Marie Gosey
Given names
Marie
Surname
Gosey
Birth estimated 1908 30 28
Birth of a brotherJames Thomas Gosey Jr.
estimated 1910 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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 12 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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 33 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 maternal grandmotherSamella Bell “Ella” Hogan
December 20, 1946 (Age 38 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Alexander “Willie” Drumright
November 11, 1948 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 motherHarriet Talaiferro “Hattie” Drumright
July 21, 1962 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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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father
mother
Harriet Talaiferro “Hattie” Drumright
Birth: August 24, 1879 21 23Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 21, 1962Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
elder sister
Louise Gosey
Birth: estimated 1905 27 25Tennessee, United States
Death:
4 years
herself
Marie Gosey
Birth: estimated 1908 30 28Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
younger brother
brother
Private

Marie Gosey has 7 first cousins recorded

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Thomas Gosey - Household

Davidson Tn.

NameRelationTenSexRaceAgeMCYOIN/AYONEduBPFBPMBPNLEng?OccupationIndustryEmploy
James T GoseyheadMW41MTNTNTN? Engineer ?
Hattie GoseywifeFW40MTNTNTN
Louise GoseydaughterFW14STNTNTN
Marie GoseydaughterFW11STNTNTN
James T Gosey JrsonMW9STNTNTN
Ewing C Drumrightbrother-in-lawMW26STNTNTNAccountantSteam R. Road?