The Shemwell Family

Walter Irving CowelAge: 67 years18731940

Name
Walter Irving Cowel
Given names
Walter Irving
Surname
Cowel
Birth October 15, 1873
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageDelilah Rose “Lila” ParkeView this family
February 28, 1898 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 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
#1
Bertha Leona “Bertie” Cowel
August 18, 1899 (Age 25 years)
Census May 2, 1910 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 42 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 43 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 44 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 14, 1920 (Age 46 years)
Marriage of a childLawrence Lester “Lonnie” KrullBertha Leona “Bertie” CowelView this family
March 27, 1927 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Bobby Gene Krull
July 1, 1928 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 55 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 15, 1930 (Age 56 years)
Death December 11, 1940 (Age 67 years)
Family with Delilah Rose “Lila” Parke - View this family
himself
Walter Irving Cowel
Birth: October 15, 1873Moline, Rock Island, Illinois, United States
Death: December 11, 1940Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States
wife
Delilah Rose “Lila” Parke
Birth: November 23, 1875 42 37Potosi, Linn, Kansas, United States
Death: August 15, 1966Blue Mound, Linn, Kansas, United States
Marriage: February 28, 1898Linn, Kansas, United States
18 months
daughter
Bertha Leona “Bertie” Cowel
Birth: August 18, 1899 25 23Arkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 25, 1992Linn, Kansas, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Walter Irving Cowel - Household

Potosi, Linn, Kansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Cowel, Walter IheadMW36M11ILNYILFarmerGeneral Farm
Cowel, LilawifeFW34M1111KSILIL
Cowel, BerthadaughterFW10SARILKS

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Walter Irving Cowel - Household

County Road Peoria, Maricopa, Arizona

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Cowel, WalterheadMW45MILUSUSFarm LaborerFarm
Cowel, LilawifeFW44MKSUSUS
Cowel, BertiedaughterFW20SARILKSTelephone OperatorTelephone Office

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Walter Irving Cowel - Household

Mound City, Linn, Kansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Cowel, Walter IheadMW56M24ILNYUSFarmerGeneral Farm
Cowel, Lila PwifeFW52M22KSUSUS