The Shemwell Family

Grace HullAge: 78 years18681946

Name
Grace Hull
Given names
Grace
Surname
Hull
Married name
Grace Holland
Married name
Grace Eaton
Birth June 8, 1868
MarriageGeorge Thomas HollandView this family
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MarriageWilliam R EatonView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 6 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 9 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 son
#1
Harold Hull Holland
October 9, 1892 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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
Birth of a daughter
#2
Ruth E Eaton
about 1901 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#3
William R Eaton
about 1905 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Grace L Eaton
about 1908 (Age 39 years)
Census April 16, 1910 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Dorothy Lee Holland
August 1, 1914 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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
Robert Lee Holland
September 7, 1919 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Louretta Lee Holland
June 7, 1922 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Charles Lee Holland
May 13, 1925 (Age 56 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 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 77 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 July 26, 1946 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lockwood Cemetery
Family with George Thomas Holland - View this family
husband
George Thomas Holland
Birth: October 28, 1866 38 38Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: March 26, 1948Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States
herself
Marriage:
son
Family with William R Eaton - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
daughter
5 years
son
4 years
daughter

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William R Eaton - Household

Lockwood, Dade, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Eaton, William RheadMW48MNYNYNYLumbermanOwn Yard
Hull, GracewifeFW41M44ILOHOH
Eaton, Ruth EdaughterFW9SMONYIL
Eaton, William RsonMW5SMONYIL
Eaton, Grace LdaughterFW2SMONYIL
Holland, Harold Hstep sonMW17SILILIL
Lee, Kitty CservantFW18SMOILILServantPrivate Family