The Shemwell Family

Eva Ann CramerAge: 62 years18591921

Name
Eva Ann Cramer
Given names
Eva Ann
Surname
Cramer
Married name
Eva Ann Shemwell
Birth February 1859 40 32
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a sisterAlma E Cramer
1861 (Age 23 months)
Birth of a sisterNancy Cramer
1863 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 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 7 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 7 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 9 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
Death of a fatherLudwell Allen Cramer
before 1870 (Age 10 years)
Census 1870 (Age 10 years)
Note: with mother and sibs
Census July 18, 1870 (Age 11 years)
Civil marriageSylvester Penic ShemwellView this family
May 16, 1876 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#1
George Ludwell Shemwell
September 6, 1878 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 18 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 maternal grandfatherRichard Dunn Shackleford
1879 (Age 19 years)
Census June 18, 1880 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Ella J Shemwell
April 22, 1881 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Rosa Lee “Rosalie” Shemwell
November 1887 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 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 10, 1900 (Age 41 years)
Injured in fall
Injured
May 21, 1902 (Age 43 years)

Note: On stairs, fract. r. elbow, bruised hd, spn lft wrist
Marriage of a childGeorge Ludwell ShemwellEula Vivian CorbinView this family
December 23, 1903 (Age 44 years)
Note: Home of the bride.
Marriage of a childBernice Wesley GrayRosa Lee “Rosalie” ShemwellView this family
Type: Civil marriage
December 20, 1904 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Bernice Lee Blatt
March 4, 1907 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Heloise Doris Blatt
1909 (Age 49 years)
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 51 years)
Marriage of a childGeorge CarrElla J ShemwellView this family
1911 (Age 51 years)

Note: George Carr denied marriage ever occurred.
Death of a motherElizabeth Shackleford
March 18, 1911 (Age 52 years)
Death of a sonGeorge Ludwell Shemwell
September 18, 1911 (Age 52 years)
Cause: Tubercular Meningitis
Burial of a sonGeorge Ludwell Shemwell
September 20, 1911 (Age 52 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 56 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 57 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
Marriage of a childGeorge Neil BlattRosa Lee “Rosalie” ShemwellView this family
calculated 1918 (Age 58 years)

Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 58 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 January 12, 1920 (Age 60 years)
Death May 31, 1921 (Age 62 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: February 16, 1843Cooper, Missouri, United States
5 years
elder brother
Harmon Bailey Cramer
Birth: February 26, 1848 29 21Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: January 21, 1932Cooper, Missouri, United States
6 years
elder brother
5 years
elder sister
2 years
herself
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
Mother’s family with Stokely Seats - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage:
Family with Sylvester Penic Shemwell - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: May 16, 1876Cooper, Missouri, United States
2 years
son
George Ludwell Shemwell
Birth: September 6, 1878 24 19Missouri, United States
Death: September 18, 1911Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
daughter
Ella J Shemwell
Birth: April 22, 1881 26 22Missouri, United States
Death: April 22, 1964Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States
7 years
daughter

Eva Ann Cramer has 0 first cousins recorded

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Mother's family (0)

Census
with mother and sibs
Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Elizabeth Shackleford - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Cramer, Elizhead44FWkeeping houseMO
Cramer, Harmon son22MWfarmhandMO
Cramer, Ludwellson17MWworks on farmMO
Cramer, Ruthdaughter13FWMO
Cramer, Eva daughter11FWMO
Cramer, Alma Edaughter9FWMO
Cramer, Nancydaughter7FWMO

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Sylvester Penick Shemwell - Household

Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Shemwell, S PWM26headMFarmingKYKYKY
Shemwell, EvaWF18wifeMKeeping houseMOMOMO
Shemwell, LudwellWM1sonSMOKYMO

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Sylvester Penick Shemwell - Household

Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Shemwell, SylvesterheadWMJun185445M23KYKYKYCarpenter
Shemwell, EvawifeWFFeb186940M2333MOMOMO
Shemwell, LezadaughterWMSep187821SMOKYMO
Shemwell, Ella daughterWFApr188119SMOKYMO
Shemwell, RosadaughterWFNov188712SMOKYMO

Ludwell is daughter, famale & Leza? -b

Injured in fall
On stairs, fract. r. elbow, bruised hd, spn lft wrist
Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Bernice W Gray - Household

Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Gray, BerniaheadMW25M16MOMOUSForemanRailroad Section
Gray, Rosa LwifeFW23M1632MOKYMO
Gray, Bernice LdaughterFW4SMOMOMO
Gray, HeloisedaughterFW7mSMOMOMO
Shemwell, Sylvesterfather in lawMW53M132KYKYKYCarpenterHouse
Shemwell, Eva Amother in lawFW50M13253MOMOMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Sylvester Penic Shemwell - Household

Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shemwell, SylvesterheadMW69MKYKYKYCarpenter
Shemwell, EvawifeFW58MMOMOMO