The Shemwell Family

Margaret “Marty” HortonAge: 63 years19281992

Name
Margaret “Marty” Horton
Given names
Margaret
Surname
Horton
Married name
Margaret Hill
Nickname
Marty
Birth May 27, 1928 31 31
twin: Mary “Little Mary” Horton
Birth
Mary “Little Mary” Horton
May 27, 1928 31 31
Birth of a sisterMary “Little Mary” Horton
May 27, 1928
twin: Margaret “Marty” Horton
Birth of a brotherJohn Robert Horton
July 18, 1929 (Age 13 months)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 months)

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
Census April 1, 1930 (Age 22 months)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 13 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 21 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 maternal grandmotherWilhelmina Queen “Willie” Bourland
August 9, 1959 (Age 31 years)
Death of a motherMary Catherine Shemwell
1968 (Age 39 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Anderson Ross Horton
August 15, 1972 (Age 44 years)
Cause: Prostate Cancer
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 17 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 brotherJohn Robert Horton
December 14, 1987 (Age 59 years)
Cause: Cardiac Arrest
Death February 15, 1992 (Age 63 years)
Last change August 12, 202015:35:06

by: Barry Shemwell
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father
John Anderson Ross Horton
Birth: July 9, 1896Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: August 15, 1972Falls Church, Arlington, Virginia, United States
mother
Marriage: June 16, 1923Washington, District of Columbia, United States
5 years
twin sister
Mary “Little Mary” Horton
Birth: May 27, 1928 31 31Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: October 6, 2001
herself
Margaret “Marty” Horton
Birth: May 27, 1928 31 31Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: February 15, 1992Vienna, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
14 months
younger brother
John Robert Horton
Birth: July 18, 1929 33 32Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: December 14, 1987Arlington, Virginia, United States
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husband
Private
herself
Margaret “Marty” Horton
Birth: May 27, 1928 31 31Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: February 15, 1992Vienna, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private

Margaret “Marty” Horton has 13 first cousins recorded