The Shemwell Family

Zennie E DeWees1882

Name
Zennie E DeWees
Given names
Zennie E
Surname
DeWees
Birth October 1882 44
Birth of a brotherLewis C DeWees
October 1885 (Age 3 years)
Marriage of a parentJoseph Wilson DeWeesAnnie E RigginsView this family
April 26, 1891 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-sisterChester Henley DeWees
February 24, 1892 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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 12, 1900 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 33 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 34 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 35 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 fatherJoseph Wilson DeWees
December 23, 1924 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 47 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 59 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 67 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 half-sisterChester Henley DeWees
December 1, 1966 (Age 84 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 63 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: calculated 1881
22 months
himself
3 years
younger brother
Father’s family with Annie E Ward - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: calculated 1872
17 months
half-brother
8 years
half-sister
Father’s family with Annie E Riggins - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: April 26, 1891Decatur, Wise, Texas, United States
10 months
half-sister
Chester Henley DeWees
Birth: February 24, 1892 53 35Newark, Wise, Texas, United States
Death: December 1, 1966Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States

Zennie E DeWees has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Wilson DeWees - Household

Rhome, Wise, Texas

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
DeWees, Joseph WheadWMSep183861M9KYKYKYFarmer
DeWees, Annie EwifeWFJan185743M963TNTNTN
DeWees, Frank EsonWMMay187327STXKYILCarpenter
DeWees, FlorencedaughterWFOct188020STXKYIL
DeWees, Zennie EdaughterWFOct188218STXKYKY
DeWees, Lewis CsonWMOct188515STXKYKY
DeWees, Chester HdaughterWFApr18928MTXKYTN

Annie has 3 living children