The Shemwell Family

Frances Kathryn BlakeyAge: 23 years19151939

Name
Frances Kathryn Blakey
Given names
Frances Kathryn
Surname
Blakey
Married name
Frances Kathryn Scarborough
Birth September 16, 1915
MarriageJames Milton ScarboroughView this family
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Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 months)

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 15 months)

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 2 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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 husbandJames Milton Scarborough
November 15, 1933 (Age 18 years)
Death January 1, 1939 (Age 23 years)
Family with James Milton Scarborough - View this family
husband
James Milton Scarborough
Birth: June 20, 1910 29 28LaFayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 15, 1933Espanola, Rio Arriba, New Mexico, United States
herself
Frances Kathryn Blakey
Birth: September 16, 1915Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 1, 1939Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:

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