The Shemwell Family

George William GuntiAge: 63 years18641928

Name
George William Gunti
Given names
George William
Surname
Gunti
Birth March 28, 1864 31 21
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 2 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 2 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 4 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Census June 1, 1870 (Age 6 years)
Death of a fatherUrs Joseph Gunti
September 12, 1870 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 13 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageAnnie Marie ThomaView this family
January 14, 1891 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Leonara Gunti
1891 (Age 26 years)

Death of a motherPhilomena Isabella “Mena” Walther
November 19, 1892 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Louise Mary Gunti
1894 (Age 29 years)

Birth of a daughter
#3
Hazel M Gunti
1895 (Age 30 years)

Birth of a daughter
#4
Emma C Gunti
1897 (Age 32 years)

Birth of a daughter
#5
Annie Marie Gunti
1898 (Age 33 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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
Birth of a son
#6
George W Gunti
1901 (Age 36 years)

Birth of a son
#7
Frederick W Gunti
1903 (Age 38 years)

Birth of a daughter
#8
Margaret Elizabeth Gunti
1904 (Age 39 years)

Birth of a son
#9
Conrad J Gunti
1907 (Age 42 years)

Birth of a son
#10
Charles E Gunti
1910 (Age 45 years)

Birth of a daughter
#11
Pearl Anna “Gunnie” Gunti
November 23, 1912 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a son
#12
William Newton Gunti
1915 (Age 50 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 51 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a sonWilliam Newton Gunti
1917 (Age 52 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 52 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 53 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 April 1920 (Age 56 years)
Death February 24, 1928 (Age 63 years)
Burial February 26, 1928 (2 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Calvary Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Urs Joseph Gunti
Birth: May 8, 1832Kleinlützel, Bezirk Thierstein, Solothurn, Switzerland
Death: September 12, 1870Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
mother
Marriage: January 31, 1860Shelby, Tennessee, United States
4 years
himself
Family with Annie Marie Thoma - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: January 14, 1891Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
1 year
daughter
4 years
daughter
2 years
daughter
3 years
daughter
2 years
daughter
4 years
son
3 years
son
2 years
daughter
4 years
son
4 years
son
3 years
daughter
Pearl Anna “Gunnie” Gunti
Birth: November 23, 1912 48 39Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 17, 1985Seattle, King, Washington, United States
3 years
son

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Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Urs William Gunti - Household

Shelby, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Gunti, Urs Whead38MWSwitzerland
Gunti, Philomena Iwife27FWSwitzerland
Gunti, George Wson6MWTNYY
Emma Guntidaughter9FW
Joe Guntison1MW
Alf Roller35M

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - George William Gunti - Household

Shelby County, Memphis, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Gunti, George WheadMW66M26TNSwitzerlandSwitzerland
Gunti, Annie MwifeFW56W17TNBavariaTN
Gunti, Hazel MdaughterFW35STNTN
Gunti, Emma CdaughterFW33STNTN
Gunti, Annie MdaughterFW32STNTN
Gunti, George WsonMW29STNTN
Gunti, Frederick WsonMW27STNTN
Gunti, Margaret EdaughterFW26STNTN
Gunti, Conrad JsonMW23STNTN
Gunti, Charles EsonMW20STNTN
Gunti, Pearl AdaughterFW17S26TNTNTN
Mary ThomaMother-in-lawFW64TNTNTN
George ThomaNephewMW42TNTNTN