The Shemwell Family

Addie CarterAge: 75 years18801955

Name
Addie Carter
Given names
Addie
Surname
Carter
Married name
Addie Womack
Birth September 10, 1880 27 22
MarriageRobert Allen WomackView this family
unknown

Birth of a sisterNannie Carter
March 15, 1883 (Age 2 years)
Death of a sisterNannie Carter
October 4, 1886 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterMargaret Ruth Carter
March 22, 1888 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterBetsy Carter
October 8, 1890 (Age 10 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherAllen Eaton Carter
February 1892 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam L “Willie” Carter
July 26, 1893 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Death of a paternal grandmotherCatherine C “Katie” McMillan
October 20, 1898 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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/
Death of a fatherWilliam Malcolm Carter
September 27, 1922 (Age 42 years)
Death of a brotherThomas “Tommie” Carter
July 22, 1928 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 49 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 motherMary Elizabeth “Mollie” Durham
February 13, 1940 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 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 brotherDorsey Carter
November 1, 1953 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 69 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 65 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 November 27, 1955 (Age 75 years)
Cause of death: Coronary occlusion
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father
mother
Marriage:
elder brother
Thomas “Tommie” Carter
Birth: April 9, 1876 23 18Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 22, 1928Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
Dorsey Carter
Birth: August 2, 1878 25 20Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 1, 1953Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
2 years
herself
Addie Carter
Birth: September 10, 1880 27 22Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 27, 1955Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Nannie Carter
Birth: March 15, 1883 30 25Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 4, 1886Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
5 years
younger sister
Margaret Ruth Carter
Birth: March 22, 1888 35 30Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 17, 1959Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
Betsy Carter
Birth: October 8, 1890 37 32Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 12, 1975El Centro, Imperial, California, United States
3 years
younger brother
William L “Willie” Carter
Birth: July 26, 1893 40 35Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 15, 1957Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Family with Robert Allen Womack - View this family
husband
Robert Allen Womack
Birth: February 14, 1879Tennessee, United States
Death: September 29, 1957Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
herself
Addie Carter
Birth: September 10, 1880 27 22Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 27, 1955Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:

Addie Carter has 3 first cousins recorded

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