The Shemwell Family

Pearl BondAge: 74 years18711946

Name
Pearl Bond
Given names
Pearl
Surname
Bond
Married name
Pearl Ellis
Birth October 11, 1871
MarriageDhalma Beloate EllisView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a daughter
#1
Carrie Belle Ellis
September 23, 1895 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Lola W Ellis
July 1898 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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 6, 1900 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Lola Lucile Lurry
1916 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 44 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 45 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 46 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/
Birth of a grandson
#2
Lt. Dhalma Ellis Lurry
February 1, 1921 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 57 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
Death of a grandsonLt. Dhalma Ellis Lurry
June 15, 1944 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 70 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 74 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
Death February 28, 1946 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Morning Sun Cemetery
Family with Dhalma Beloate Ellis - View this family
husband
Dhalma Beloate Ellis
Birth: January 5, 1867 44 24Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 17, 1955Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
herself
Pearl Bond
Birth: October 11, 1871Tennessee, United States
Death: February 28, 1946Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:
daughter
Carrie Belle Ellis
Birth: September 23, 1895 28 23Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 29, 1961Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
3 years
daughter
Lola W Ellis
Birth: July 1898 31 26Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death:

No family available

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Dhalma Beloate Ellis - Household

Stage Road Shelby, Tennessee

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Ellis, Dhalma BheadWMJan186733M6TNVATNFarmer
Ellis, PearlwifeWFOct187128M622TNTNTN
Ellis, Carrie BdaughterWFSep18954STNTNTN
Ellis, Lola WdaughterWFJul18981STNTNTN