The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth Clara “Lizzie” HollandAge: 24 years18951919

Name
Elizabeth Clara “Lizzie” Holland
Given names
Elizabeth Clara
Surname
Holland
Nickname
Lizzie
Birth February 24, 1895 35 32
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 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 18, 1900 (Age 5 years)
Census April 28, 1910 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 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 21 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 22 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 paternal grandfatherShandy Walker Holland
March 11, 1919 (Age 24 years)
Cause: typhoid fever
Death April 4, 1919 (Age 24 years)
Cause of death: Influenza and Pneumonia
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gentry Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: October 7, 1880Hickory, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder brother
Charles Landern “Charlie” Holland
Birth: March 19, 1883 24 20Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: May 17, 1970Cushing, Payne, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
elder brother
John W Holland
Birth: March 1886 26 23Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: 1888Hickory, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder sister
Gentry Nadine Holland
Birth: March 1889 29 26Tyler, Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: October 1, 1966Missouri, United States
6 years
herself
Elizabeth Clara “Lizzie” Holland
Birth: February 24, 1895 35 32Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: April 4, 1919Hickory, Missouri, United States

Elizabeth Clara “Lizzie” Holland has 14 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Thomas W Holland - Household

Tyler, Hickory, Missouri

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Holland, Thomas WheadWMMar185941M19MOKYMOFarmer
Holland, Martha EwifeWFDec186237M1943TXVAVA
Holland, Charles LsonWMMar188317SMOMOTXFarm Laborer
Holland, Gentry NsonWMMar188911SMOMOTXAt School
Holland, Nancy E CdaughterWFFeb18955SMOMOTX

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas W Holland - Household

Weaubleau, Hickory, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Holland, T WheadMW51M129MOKYMOClerkProduce House
Holland, Mrs M EwifeFW47M2943TXVAVA
Holland, LizziedaughterFW15SMOMOTX