The Shemwell Family

Minnie May MosherAge: 53 years18951949

Name
Minnie May Mosher
Given names
Minnie May
Surname
Mosher
Also known as
Minnie May Jarboe
Married name
Minnie May Cook
Married name
Minnie May Carey
Birth June 12, 1895
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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
MarriageClaude M CookView this family
October 9, 1911 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a son
#1
George Waldon Cook
August 31, 1912 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Herbert Isaiah Cook
October 23, 1914 (Age 19 years)
Death of a husbandClaude M Cook
December 16, 1916 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a son
#3
Cecil Everett Cook
January 20, 1917 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 21 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 22 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/
MarriageFrank Mitchell CareyView this family
March 31, 1919 (Age 23 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 34 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 26, 1930 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
John Stephen Cook
January 31, 1937 (Age 41 years)
Census April 18, 1940 (Age 44 years)
Marriage of a childHerbert Isaiah CookBernice Marjorie HolmesView this family
November 30, 1940 (Age 45 years)
Death of a husbandFrank Mitchell Carey
December 23, 1944 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 46 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 50 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 May 4, 1949 (Age 53 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Hope Cemetery
Family with Claude M Cook - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: October 9, 1911Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
11 months
son
George Waldon Cook
Birth: August 31, 1912 25 17Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Death: January 8, 1984Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
2 years
son
Herbert Isaiah Cook
Birth: October 23, 1914 27 19Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Death: July 2, 1990Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
2 years
son
Cecil Everett Cook
Birth: January 20, 1917 29 21Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Death: April 14, 1980Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Family with Frank Mitchell Carey - View this family
husband
Frank Mitchell Carey
Birth: December 4, 1871Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, United States
Death: December 23, 1944Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
herself
Marriage: March 31, 1919
Claude M Cook + Georgia M Rollins - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Georgia M Rollins
Birth: September 15, 1891Kansas, United States
Death: April 26, 1910Oelwein, Fayette, Iowa, United States
Marriage: about 1909
15 months
step-son

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Frank Mitchell Carey - Household

215 North Lime Street Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Carey, Frank MheadMW55M26INININTool IssuerRailroad Shop
Carey, Minnie MwifeFW34M14KSKSKS
Cook, George Wstep sonMW17SKSMOKSPainter ApprenticeRailroad Shop
Cook, Herbert Istep sonMW15SKSMOKS
Cook, Cecil Estep sonMW13SKSMOKS

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Frank Mitchell Carey - Household

424 Lake Street Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Carey, FrankXheadMW66MINSame Place
Carey, Minnie CwifeFW44MKSSame Place
Cook, Herbert Istep sonMW25SKSSame PlaceHelperSteam Railroad Co.