The Shemwell Family

Ester Lena OvermanAge: 81 years18611943

Name
Ester Lena Overman
Given names
Ester Lena
Surname
Overman
Married name
Ester Lena Parke
Birth May 30, 1861
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 5 years)
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 (Age 5 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 7 years)

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 16 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageOliver Hazzard “Perry” ParkeView this family
estimated 1888 (Age 26 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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 1, 1900 (Age 39 years)
Census April 10, 1910 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 54 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 55 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 56 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 68 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 of a husbandOliver Hazzard “Perry” Parke
July 15, 1936 (Age 75 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 80 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
Death March 30, 1943 (Age 81 years)
Family with Oliver Hazzard “Perry” Parke - View this family
husband
Oliver Hazzard “Perry” Parke
Birth: March 20, 1854 44 36Tazewell, Illinois, United States
Death: July 15, 1936Los Angeles, California, United States
herself
Ester Lena Overman
Birth: May 30, 1861Wayne, Henry, Indiana, United States
Death: March 30, 1943Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: estimated 1888

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Oliver Hazzard Perry Parke - Household

220 E. 27th St. Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Parke, OliverheadWMMar185545M12ILILILDruggist
Parke, LenawifeWFMar186535M1200INNCNC

Birth dates are different -b

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Oliver Hazzard Perry Parke - Household

220 East 30th St. Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Parke, Oliver HheadMW56M223ILKYOHPharmacist
Parke, EsterwifeFW48M12500INNCNC

Olivers 2nd Marriage -b