The Shemwell Family

Justice DeCourcyAge: 74 years18631938

Name
Justice DeCourcy
Given names
Justice
Surname
DeCourcy
Also known as
Justice Courcy
Note: Name was changed to from Courcy to DeCourcy after moving to MO.
Birth April 9, 1863 52 44
MarriageAnabel View this family
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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 3 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 3 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 5 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 14 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a fatherAnderson Coursey
October 12, 1888 (Age 25 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
Death of a motherMatilda Whitlow
November 13, 1900 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 52 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 53 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 54 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 sisterPenelope Frances “Fanny” Coursey
August 10, 1922 (Age 59 years)
Burial of a sisterPenelope Frances “Fanny” Coursey
1922 (Age 58 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 66 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 May 13, 1930 (Age 67 years)
Death January 3, 1938 (Age 74 years)
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Marriage: January 22, 1840Logan, Kentucky, United States
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Justice DeCourcy
Birth: April 9, 1863 52 44Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 3, 1938Jackson, Missouri, United States
Family with Anabel - View this family
himself
Justice DeCourcy
Birth: April 9, 1863 52 44Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 3, 1938Jackson, Missouri, United States
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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Justice Coursey - Household

11425 19th street Blue, Jackson, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
DeCourcy, JusticeheadMW67MKYKYKYMerchantCoal & feed
Courcy, AnabelwifeFW51MKSKSKS
Shelton, RowenaneiceFW40SKYKYKY
Lyons, AudreyneiceFW25SKYKYKY

Name was changed to DeCourcy after moving to Independence, MO.

Name
Name was changed to from Courcy to DeCourcy after moving to MO.