The Shemwell Family

Sidney Thruston ManningAge: 69 years18671937

Name
Sidney Thruston Manning
Given names
Sidney Thruston
Surname
Manning
Birth November 18, 1867
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867
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
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 13 months)

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 10 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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 48 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 49 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 50 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/
Religious marriageJane Shemwell “Jennie” VickersView this family
March 20, 1920 (Age 52 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 61 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 April 11, 1930 (Age 62 years)
Death January 20, 1937 (Age 69 years)
Family with Jane Shemwell “Jennie” Vickers - View this family
himself
Sidney Thruston Manning
Birth: November 18, 1867Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland, United States
Death: January 20, 1937Baltimore, Maryland, United States
wife
Marriage: March 20, 1920
William Kirkwood Robinson + Jane Shemwell “Jennie” Vickers - View this family
wife’s husband
William Kirkwood Robinson
Birth: March 2, 1870York, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: August 1912Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
wife
Marriage: April 18, 1900Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Sidney Thruston Manning - Household

303 Edgevale Road Baltimore, Maryland

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Manning, Sidney TheadMW62M132MDMDMDDistrict ManagerFire Prevention
Manning, Jane VwifeFW52M121MDMDMD
Elliott, Clara VnieceFW25SMDMDMDTeacherPrivate School