Anita Shemwell “Annie” DowellAge: 92 years1886–1978
- Name
- Anita Shemwell “Annie” Dowell
- Given names
- Anita Shemwell
- Nickname
- Annie
- Surname
- Dowell
 Birth | July 1886 31 20 |
 Birth of a brother | Arthur Wilson Dowell November 2, 1889 (Age 3 years) |
 Teacher | Educator Note: Anita Dowell was an educator, acquiring a PhD from Johns Hopkins University. Towson State University (Maryland) has honored her by naming a campus building after her. Did not marry; her middle name was her grandmother's maiden name. |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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 grandmother | Mary Eliza Shemwell January 14, 1900 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ellen Mary Dowell May 7, 1900 (Age 13 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 13 years) |
| Census | April 16, 1910 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a mother | Martha Ellen “Mattie” Wilson October 4, 1916 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 29 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 30 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 31 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 9, 1920 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 43 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 3, 1930 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a father | George Washington Dowell Jr. August 8, 1931 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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 63 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 brother | Arthur Wilson Dowell June 2, 1972 (Age 85 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 59 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 10, 1978 (Age 92 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Wesley Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
George Washington Dowell Jr. Birth: December 26, 1854 51 37 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: August 8, 1931 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
| mother |
Martha Ellen “Mattie” Wilson Birth: June 27, 1866 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: October 4, 1916 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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Marriage: April 19, 1883 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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15 months elder sister |
Ellen Mary Dowell Birth: July 29, 1884 29 18 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: May 7, 1900 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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2 years herself |
Anita Shemwell “Annie” Dowell Birth: July 1886 31 20 — Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: August 10, 1978 — Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Arthur Wilson Dowell Birth: November 2, 1889 34 23 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: June 2, 1972 |
Anita Shemwell “Annie” Dowell has 4 first cousins recorded
Father's family (4)
Parents William Gilbert Cassard + Edith Virginia Dowell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Dowell - Household
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Dowell Jr. - Household
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Dowell Jr. - Household
Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Anita Shemwell “Annie” Dowell - Household
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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| Teacher | Anita Dowell was an educator, acquiring a PhD from Johns Hopkins University. Towson State University (Maryland) has honored her by naming a campus building after her. Did not marry; her middle name was her grandmother's maiden name. |