The Shemwell Family

Rowena Knight1875

Name
Rowena Knight
Given names
Rowena
Surname
Knight
Birth estimated 1875 36 20
Birth of a brotherAsberry Knight
calculated 1878 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a brotherOtis Knight
November 1879 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterVictoria Knight
estimated 1880 (Age 5 years)
Census June 15, 1880 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherStonewall J Knight
February 1881 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterEthel Knight
August 1883 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterLulu Knight
April 1886 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Knight
February 8, 1891 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a brotherJoe Knight
February 8, 1891 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 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 42 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 43 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 54 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 66 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 75 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 brotherJohn Knight
January 30, 1974 (Age 99 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 71 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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father
mother
Marriage: estimated 1874
2 years
herself
Rowena Knight
Birth: estimated 1875 36 20Kentucky, United States
Death:
4 years
younger brother
Asberry Knight
Birth: calculated 1878 39 23Missouri, United States
Death:
23 months
younger brother
Otis Knight
Birth: November 1879 41 25Missouri, United States
Death:
14 months
younger sister
14 months
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
5 years
younger brother
younger brother
Joe Knight
Birth: February 8, 1891 53 36Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death:

Rowena Knight has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Lewis C Knight - Household

Curtail, Hopkins, KY

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Lewis KnightWM42headMFarmerTNVATN
Mary A KnightWF26wifeMKYKYKY
Rowena KnightWF5daughterSKYTNKY
Asberry KnightWM2sonSMOTNKY
Ottel KnightWM6moNovsonSMOTNKY