The Shemwell Family

George Washington Streeter Jr.Age: 80 years18471928

Name
George Washington Streeter Jr.
Given names
George Washington
Surname
Streeter
Name suffix
Jr.
Birth January 29, 1847 38 34
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Census October 28, 1850 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census August 8, 1860 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 14 years)

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 19 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 19 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 21 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 11, 1870 (Age 23 years)
MarriageMatilda MitchellView this family
December 20, 1870 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Horace Austin Streeter
December 10, 1871 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Nettie Idonia “Ada” Streeter
March 25, 1873 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Robert Henry Streeter
June 10, 1874 (Age 27 years)
Death of a wifeMatilda Mitchell
November 18, 1874 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 30 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 motherMary Austin Gillette
February 24, 1885 (Age 38 years)
Death of a fatherGeorge Washington Streeter
November 26, 1889 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 51 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 68 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 69 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 70 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 sonRobert Henry Streeter
February 25, 1921 (Age 74 years)
Death of a sisterEmily Belinda Streeter
May 26, 1922 (Age 75 years)
Burial of a sisterEmily Belinda Streeter
May 27, 1922 (Age 75 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tobacco Valley Cemetery
Death January 9, 1928 (Age 80 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Mary Austin Gillette
Birth: November 22, 1812Albany, New York, United States
Death: February 24, 1885Palouse, Whitman, Washington, United States
Marriage: November 23, 1833
23 months
elder sister
11 years
himself
Family with Matilda Mitchell - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: December 20, 1870Shell Rock, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States
1 year
son
Horace Austin Streeter
Birth: December 10, 1871 24 22Shell Rock, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States
Death: February 13, 1950Spokane, Washington, United States
15 months
daughter
Nettie Idonia “Ada” Streeter
Birth: March 25, 1873 26 23Freeborn, Minnesota, United States
Death: July 30, 1958East Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
15 months
son
Robert Henry Streeter
Birth: June 10, 1874 27 24Shell Rock, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States
Death: February 25, 1921Palouse, Whitman, Washington, United States

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Census1850 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Streeter - Household

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
George Streeterhead41MWFarmer1000NY
Mary Streeterwife38FWNY
Emily Streeterdaughter15FWNY
George Streeterson3MWWI

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Streeter - Household

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
George Streeterhead52MWFarmer400490NY
Mary Streeterwife48FWNY
Emely Streeterdaughter24FWNY
George Streeterson13MWWI/

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Emily Belinda Streeter - Household

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Streeter, Emily Bhead35FWKeeping House & Farming2000200NY
Streeter, George Wyounger brother23MWFarmer2500500WI//