The Shemwell Family

Maude Amelda HooksAge: 53 years18951948

Name
Maude Amelda Hooks
Given names
Maude Amelda
Surname
Hooks
Married name
Maude Amelda Eaton
Birth August 1895 45 39
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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 6, 1900 (Age 4 years)
Census April 19, 1910 (Age 14 years)
Death of a sisterMargaret J Hooks
1912 (Age 16 years)
Death of a motherAlmeda E Miller
September 7, 1914 (Age 19 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Death of a brotherWilliam M Hooks
December 17, 1914 (Age 19 years)
MarriageOscar Lee EatonView this family
April 26, 1915 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 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 21 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 22 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 fatherJames C Hooks
March 21, 1925 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 34 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 brotherSamuel Andrew Hooks
1930 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 46 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 50 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 15, 1948 (Age 53 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Grove Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 25, 1874Livingston, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder brother
Samuel Andrew Hooks
Birth: January 1878 27 21Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1930Livingston, Kentucky, United States
4 years
elder brother
James Elmer Hooks
Birth: June 1881 31 25Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 22, 1954Smithland, Livingston, Kentucky, United States
4 years
elder brother
William M Hooks
Birth: December 5, 1884 34 28Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 17, 1914Livingston, Kentucky, United States
16 months
elder sister
Nancy E Hooks
Birth: March 1886 35 30Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death:
4 years
elder sister
Margaret J Hooks
Birth: July 1890 40 34Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1912Livingston, Kentucky, United States
5 years
herself
Maude Amelda Hooks
Birth: August 1895 45 39Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 15, 1948Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Family with Oscar Lee Eaton - View this family
husband
Oscar Lee Eaton
Birth: July 1, 1894Salem, Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 10, 1954Smithland, Livingston, Kentucky, United States
herself
Maude Amelda Hooks
Birth: August 1895 45 39Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 15, 1948Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Marriage: April 26, 1915Massac, Illinois, United States

Maude Amelda Hooks has 4 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James C Hooks - Household

1900 Smithland Livingston Ky

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
James C HooksheadWMMar185050M25TNTNKYFarmer
Almeda E HookswifeWFJan185644M2566KYPNKY
Samuel A HookssonWMJan187822SKYTNKYFarmer
Elmer J HookssonWMJun188119SKYTNKYFarm labored
William M HookssonWMDec188315SKYTNKY
Nancy E HookssonWMMar188614SKYTNKYAt school
Margaret J HooksdaughterWFJul18909S00KYTNKY
Maude A HooksdaughterWFAug18954S00KYTNKY

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James C Hooks - Household

Livingston Ky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
James C HooksheadMW60M35TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Almeda E HookswifeFW54M3566KYKYKY
Samuel Andrew HookssonMW32SKYTNKYJeweler
William M HookssonMW27SKYTNKYLaborerHome farm
Margaret J HooksdaughterFW19SKYTNKY
Maude A HooksdaughterFW14SKYTNKY