The Shemwell Family

William Lankford GreeneAge: 74 years19121987

Name
William Lankford Greene
Given names
William Lankford
Surname
Greene
Birth November 8, 1912 51 34
Birth of a brotherLarnie Franklin Greene
August 10, 1916 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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 16 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 fatherWilliam Lee Greene
May 5, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Death of a half-sisterSarah S Greene
October 21, 1941 (Age 28 years)
Death of a half-brotherRichard Mansfield Greene
February 20, 1945 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 37 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 motherRhoda Elizabeth Church
January 18, 1957 (Age 44 years)
Death of a sisterPansie Geneva Greene
December 6, 1966 (Age 54 years)
Death of a half-brotherArthur Armfield Greene
December 20, 1974 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 half-brotherWilson Daniel Greene
October 5, 1976 (Age 63 years)
Death of a half-sisterCanzatia E Greene
about 1986 (Age 73 years)
Death October 30, 1987 (Age 74 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: May 28, 1910Watauga, North Carolina, United States
9 months
elder sister
Pansie Geneva Greene
Birth: March 7, 1911 49 32Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 6, 1966Gaston, North Carolina, United States
20 months
himself
William Lankford Greene
Birth: November 8, 1912 51 34Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 30, 1987Watauga, North Carolina, United States
4 years
younger brother
Larnie Franklin Greene
Birth: August 10, 1916 55 37Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 28, 1998
Father’s family with Ellen Brown - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: about 1880
2 years
half-brother
Linville S Greene
Birth: April 2, 1882 20 19Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 23, 1883
3 years
half-brother
Richard Mansfield Greene
Birth: October 8, 1884 23 22Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 20, 1945Jefferson, Montana, United States
2 years
half-sister
Sarah S Greene
Birth: February 22, 1887 25 24Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 21, 1941Ashe, North Carolina, United States
3 years
half-brother
Arthur Armfield Greene
Birth: April 15, 1890 28 27Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 20, 1974Lancaster, Los Angeles, California, United States
3 years
half-brother
Wilson Daniel Greene
Birth: February 14, 1893 31 30Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 5, 1976Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
half-sister
Canzatia E Greene
Birth: July 19, 1895 34 33Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: about 1986Jefferson, Tennessee, United States

William Lankford Greene has 43 first cousins recorded

Father's family (43)

Parents Finley Patterson Trivett + Mary E Greene
4Sarah E Trivett18821909
Parents Larkin Joseph Michael + Martha Isabel Greene
1Nancy L Michael18711902
4Mary Etta Michael18781974
6Joseph Lee Michael18851966
9Carl Edgar Michael18921892
Parents Eli Smith Greene + Emma Katherine Greene
3Ada H Greene18841954
5Lillian B Greene18881965
6Bynum T Greene18911961
7John Odell Greene18951969
8Helen Doll Greene19031988
Parents Eli Smith Greene + Cynthia Jane Harrison
1William Greene19181919
Parents Bennette Ferguson Greene + Rebecca Lucinda Miller
3Nancy Ann Greene18911952
Parents George Alexander Greene + Julia Emma Welch
1William Greene18871887
3Nora E Greene18921919
5Vern Otis Greene18981966
6Bernard Greene18991899
10Dora Ethel Greene19111977
11Hattie Hazel Greene19141981

Mother's family (0)