The Shemwell Family

Herbert Alonzo TurnerAge: 73 years19061980

Name
Herbert Alonzo Turner
Given names
Herbert Alonzo
Surname
Turner
Birth September 9, 1906 29 24
Death of a maternal grandmotherElisa Ellen “Louisa” Bradshaw
February 28, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherAugust Frost Turner
October 4, 1911 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a half-sisterCorine Hazel Turner
June 19, 1913 (Age 6 years)
Death of a motherJessie Pearl Frost
June 28, 1914 (Age 7 years)
Marriage of a parentAlonzo Young TurnerOra Anna DoughitView this family
January 14, 1916 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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 maternal grandfatherSnow Frost
June 25, 1919 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 fatherAlonzo Young Turner
August 5, 1951 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 brotherClarence Washington Turner
November 30, 1955 (Age 49 years)
Death of a sisterAlma Turner
August 15, 1966 (Age 59 years)
Death of a brotherAugust Frost Turner
January 8, 1968 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 August 22, 1980 (Age 73 years)
Burial August 24, 1980 (2 days after death)
Last change April 22, 202200:23:22

by: Brian Shemwell
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 25, 1900Granby, Newton, Missouri, United States
14 months
elder brother
Clarence Washington Turner
Birth: February 22, 1902 24 19Hunt, Texas, United States
Death: November 30, 1955Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States
2 years
elder sister
Alma Turner
Birth: April 23, 1904 26 22Hunt, Texas, United States
Death: August 15, 1966Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States
2 years
himself
Herbert Alonzo Turner
Birth: September 9, 1906 29 24Hunt, Texas, United States
Death: August 22, 1980Garland, Dallas, Texas, United States
5 years
younger brother
August Frost Turner
Birth: October 4, 1911 34 29Hunt, Texas, United States
Death: January 8, 1968Garland, Dallas, Texas, United States
Father’s family with Ora Anna Doughit - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: January 14, 1916Hunt, Texas, United States
-3 years
half-sister
Corine Hazel Turner
Birth: June 19, 1913Hunt, Texas, United States
Death: August 17, 1982Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States

Herbert Alonzo Turner has 8 first cousins recorded