The Shemwell Family

Alvina H Wartman1860

Name
Alvina H Wartman
Given names
Alvina H
Surname
Wartman
Birth October 1860 37
Birth of a sisterDorie Wartman
June 1864 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 months)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Birth of a sisterMillie Bartlett Wartman
July 31, 1867 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 6 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 6 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 8 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 17 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 1, 1900 (Age 39 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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/
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 69 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 sisterMillie Bartlett Wartman
May 26, 1939 (Age 78 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 81 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 89 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 85 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
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Millie Bartlett Wartman
Birth: July 31, 1867 44Maryland, United States
Death: May 26, 1939Baltimore City, Maryland, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Freeland Shemwell - Household

ED 209 Precinct 8 Baltimore city Ward 16, Madison Ave Baltimore Md.

NameRelationRaceSexDOBAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYUSYOIN/AOccupation
Joseph F. ShemwellheadWMJun 186534M3--MDMDMDPhysician
Millie B. ShemwellwifeWFJul 186732M3--MDMDMD
Charles A. WartmanFather-in-lawWMFeb 182377W---MDMDMDRetail Merchant
Dorie McGregorSister-in-lawWFJun 186435W-22MDMDMD
Jeanette R McGregorNeiceWFFeb 188416S---MDMDMDAt School
Roger E McGregorNephewWMApr 188812S---MDMDMDAt School
Alvina H. WartmanSister-in-lawWFOct 186039S---MDMDMD
Louise A WartmanAuntWFJul 183465S---MDMDMD

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Charles A. Wartman - Household

Baltimore Ward 13, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland, United States Baltimore Md.

NameRelationSexRaceAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPOccupationIndustry
Charles A. WartmanheadMW87S---MDMDMDOwn Income
Alvina H. WartmandaughterFW48S---MDMDMD
Dorie McGregordaughterFW44S-21MDMDMDOwn Income
Roger E McGregorgrandsonMW22S---MDMDMDClerkWholesale drygoods
Millie B. ShemwelldaughterFW40M1200MDMDMD
J. Freeland Shemwellson-in-lawMW44M12--MDMDMDPhysicianGeneral practice

Notes: Census in nearly ineligible -B

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Freeland Shemwell - Household

ED 209 Precinct 8 Baltimore city Ward 16, Madison Ave Baltimore Md.

NameRelationTenSexRaceAgeMCBPFBPMBPNLEng?OccupationIndustry
Joseph F. ShemwellheadMW52MMDMDMDDoctorGeneral practice
Millie B. WartmanwifeFW35MMDMDMD
Dorie McGregorsister-in-lawFW43SMDMDMD
Roger E McGregornephewMW25SMDMDMDcredit manwhosale shoe co.
Gertrude McGregorneiceFW22SMDMDMD
Alice Wartmansister-in-lawFW56SMDMDMD
Shemwell ParrannephewMW19SMDMDMDsalesmandepartment store

Notes: some of birth years inaccurate -B