The Shemwell Family

Martha Matt Gentry Charley and Tom Holland

Gentry Nadine HollandAge: 77 years18891966

Name
Gentry Nadine Holland
Given names
Gentry Nadine
Surname
Holland
Married name
Gentry Nadine Brown
Birth March 1889 29 26
Birth of a sisterElizabeth Clara “Lizzie” Holland
February 24, 1895 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 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
Census June 18, 1900 (Age 11 years)
MarriageJames Melvin BrownView this family
February 6, 1907 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1Helen Brown
January 13, 1909 (Age 19 years)
Census April 4, 1910 (Age 21 years)
Death of a daughterHelen Brown
December 26, 1916 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 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 27 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 28 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 paternal grandfatherShandy Walker Holland
March 11, 1919 (Age 30 years)
Cause: typhoid fever
Death of a sisterElizabeth Clara “Lizzie” Holland
April 4, 1919 (Age 30 years)
Cause: Influenza and Pneumonia
Death of a motherMartha E “Matt” Gentry
April 6, 1919 (Age 30 years)
Cause: Influenza and Pneumonia
Death of a fatherThomas W “Tom” Holland
April 10, 1919 (Age 30 years)
Cause: Influenza and Pneumonia
Death of a paternal grandmotherClara Dent
July 8, 1919 (Age 30 years)
Census January 17, 1920 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 40 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
Census April 5, 1930 (Age 41 years)
Census May 6, 1940 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 52 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 60 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 husbandJames Melvin Brown
August 18, 1955 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 56 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 October 1, 1966 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Souders Cemetery
Last change August 10, 201816:10:18

by: Barry Shemwell
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 7, 1880Hickory, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder brother
Martha Matt Gentry Charley and Tom HollandCharles Landern “Charlie” Holland
Birth: March 19, 1883 24 20Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: May 17, 1970Cushing, Payne, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
elder brother
John W Holland
Birth: March 1886 26 23Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: 1888Hickory, Missouri, United States
3 years
herself
Martha Matt Gentry Charley and Tom HollandGentry Nadine Holland
Birth: March 1889 29 26Tyler, Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: October 1, 1966Missouri, United States
6 years
younger sister
Elizabeth HollandElizabeth Clara “Lizzie” Holland
Birth: February 24, 1895 35 32Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: April 4, 1919Hickory, Missouri, United States
Family with James Melvin Brown - View this family
husband
James Melvin Brown
Birth: October 18, 1883Vandalia, Audrain, Missouri, United States
Death: August 18, 1955Missouri, United States
herself
Martha Matt Gentry Charley and Tom HollandGentry Nadine Holland
Birth: March 1889 29 26Tyler, Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: October 1, 1966Missouri, United States
Marriage: February 6, 1907Weaubleau, Hickory, Missouri, United States
23 months
daughter
Helen Brown
Birth: January 13, 1909 25 19Tyler, Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: December 26, 1916Hickory, Missouri, United States

Gentry Nadine Holland has 14 first cousins recorded