The Shemwell Family

Mary Irene YocumAge: 64 years18681933

Name
Mary Irene Yocum
Given names
Mary Irene
Surname
Yocum
Married name
Mary Irene Canfield
Birth April 15, 1868
MarriageWilliam Franklin CanfieldView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 8 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 daughter
#1
Grace Elizabeth Canfield
April 25, 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 son
#2
Nathan Canfield
1902 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Clilia Canfield
1907 (Age 38 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Franklin Canfield
August 24, 1909 (Age 41 years)

Marriage of a childOtto Elbert RameyGrace Elizabeth CanfieldView this family
calculated 1912 (Age 43 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Viola Ramey
April 1, 1914 (Age 45 years)
twin: Viona Ramey
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Viona Ramey
April 1, 1914 (Age 45 years)
twin: Viola Ramey
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/
Census February 14, 1920 (Age 51 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
Death April 14, 1933 (Age 64 years)
Family with William Franklin Canfield - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
daughter
Grace Elizabeth Canfield
Birth: April 25, 1892 31 24Kansas, United States
Death: August 28, 1975Beloit, Mitchell, Kansas, United States
11 years
son
6 years
daughter

No family available

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Mary Irene Yocum - Household

Mcelroy, Pawnee, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Canfield, Mary IheadFW51WdOHOHOH
Canfield, NathansonMW18SOKOHOHPumperOil Field
Canfield, Clilia AdaughterFW13SOKOHOH
Canfield, Grace EdaughterFW27WdKSOHOH
Canfield, Violagrand daughterFW5SOKOHOH
Canfield, Vionagrand daughterFW5SOKOHOH

Grace & kids are Canfields she is widowed