The Shemwell Family

Maud Ella HesterAge: 84 years18961981

Name
Maud Ella Hester
Given names
Maud Ella
Surname
Hester
Married name
Maud Ella Tillotson
Birth September 30, 1896 26 20
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 months)
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 3 years)
Note: Says Marie is Divorced
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Marriage of a parentAlbert Thomas BanyardMary Frances “Marie” HumeView this family
June 30, 1917 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 20 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 21 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 3, 1920 (Age 23 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherAlmira Caroline “Carrie” Shemwell
December 12, 1920 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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 8, 1930 (Age 33 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Wesley Hester
March 17, 1935 (Age 38 years)

Census April 9, 1940 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 motherMary Frances “Marie” Hume
November 10, 1952 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 53 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 fatherLush Hester
June 7, 1960 (Age 63 years)

Note: No Sources
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 September 29, 1981 (Age 84 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: July 9, 1893Logan, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
herself
Maud Ella Hester
Birth: September 30, 1896 26 20Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 29, 1981Sacramento, California, United States
Mother’s family with Albert Thomas Banyard - View this family
step-father
Albert Thomas Banyard
Birth: August 3, 1872Lone Tree, Johnson, Iowa, United States
Death: January 24, 1925Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
mother
Marriage: June 30, 1917Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Family with Rulon Squires Tillotson - View this family
husband
herself
Maud Ella Hester
Birth: September 30, 1896 26 20Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 29, 1981Sacramento, California, United States
son
Private

Maud Ella Hester has 13 first cousins recorded

Census
Says Marie is Divorced Marie Hester Boarder F D Apr 1876 24 IA-IA-IA Maud Hester Boarder F S Sep 1894 6 OK-KY-IA
Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Albert T Banyard - Household

225 N. 1st. W Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Banyard, Albert TheadMW47MIAFranceIAEngineerRail Road
Banyard, Francis MwifeFW43MIAUSIA
Hester, Maud Estep daughterFW24SOKKYIANursePrivate family