The Shemwell Family

Mary Ann DiermanAge: 80 years19181998

Name
Mary Ann Dierman
Given names
Mary Ann
Surname
Dierman
Birth April 3, 1918 22 21
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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

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/
Birth of a brotherFrank J Dierman
December 18, 1921 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 11 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 maternal grandmotherAnna Laura “Annie” Baker
January 28, 1935 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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 grandfatherJacob Jess “Jake” Green
February 17, 1947 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 31 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 fatherPeter Herman Dierman
June 26, 1968 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 27 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 motherBlanche Sarah Green
April 16, 1988 (Age 70 years)
Death July 31, 1998 (Age 80 years)
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father
Peter Herman Dierman
Birth: October 18, 1895Missoula, Missoula, Montana, United States
Death: June 26, 1968Eureka, Lincoln, Montana, United States
mother
Blanche Sarah Green
Birth: October 17, 1896 30 23Cora, Latah, Idaho, United States
Death: April 16, 1988Eureka, Lincoln, Montana, United States
Marriage:
herself
Mary Ann Dierman
Birth: April 3, 1918 22 21Montana, United States
Death: July 31, 1998Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
4 years
younger brother
Frank J Dierman
Birth: December 18, 1921 26 25Eureka, Lincoln, Montana, United States
Death: October 27, 2004Whitefish, Flathead, Montana, United States