The Shemwell Family

Maude Elanor ThompsonAge: 53 years18761929

Name
Maude Elanor Thompson
Given names
Maude Elanor
Surname
Thompson
Married name
Maude Elanor Shemwell
Birth June 7, 1876 30 28
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 18 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 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
MarriageWalter Winston Shemwell Sr.View this family
October 4, 1899 (Age 23 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Marcus Amadens “Mark” Shemwell
July 15, 1908 (Age 32 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 33 years)
DivorceWalter Winston Shemwell Sr.View this family
July 3, 1915 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 39 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 40 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 41 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 1920 (Age 43 years)
Death of a fatherSamuel Thompson
1923 (Age 46 years)

Marriage of a childMarcus Amadens “Mark” ShemwellOlive Laura “Dolly” SeigfriedView this family
November 13, 1927 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 53 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 December 5, 1929 (Age 53 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Inglewood Park Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Elizabeth Gudgel
Birth: September 11, 1847Illinois, United States
Death: March 10, 1934Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage:
herself
Family with Walter Winston Shemwell Sr. - View this family
ex-husband
herself
Marriage: October 4, 1899Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States
Divorce: July 3, 1915El Paso, Colorado, United States
9 years
son
Walter Winston Shemwell Sr. + Mary Emma Penland - View this family
ex-husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: September 7, 1915Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
1 year
step-daughter
Harriett Virginia Shemwell
Birth: August 31, 1916 38 32Ashville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 14, 2000Northridge, Los Angeles, California, United States
3 years
step-son
Walter Winston Shemwell Jr.
Birth: September 7, 1919 41 35Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 2, 1971Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States
5 years
step-daughter
Walter Winston Shemwell Sr. + Bernice M Clark - View this family
ex-husband
husband’s wife
Bernice M Clark
Birth: March 21, 1876Kansas, United States
Death: February 11, 1956Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: August 21, 1938Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Thompson - Household

Colorado Springs, El Paso, Co

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Samuel ThompsonHeadWMSep184554M38PNPNPN
Elizabeth ThompsonWifeWFSep184752M3831ILPNOH
Walter William ShemwellboarderWMApr187723M1KYKYKYMining booker
Maude Elanor ShemwellboarderWFJun187623M100ILPNKY
Purviance RuthanoboarderWFApr183862W108INPNOH

Walter & Maude are boarders

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Thompson - Household

Cedar Hill, San Juan, New Mexico

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Samuel ThompsonheadMW64M140PNPNPNFarmerFarm
Elizabeth ThompsonwifeFW63M140ILINPN
Walter W Shemwellson-in-lawMW34M17ILKYKYFarmerFarm
Maude E ShemwelldaughterFW34M17ILPNIL
Marcus ShemwellgrandsonMW1SCOILIL

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Thompson - Household

Colorado Springs, El Paso, Co

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Samuel ThompsonheadMW73MPNPNPNFarmer
Elizabeth GudgelwifeFW72MILININ
Maude Elanor ShemwelldaughterFW37DPNILIL
Marcus Amadens “Mark” ShemwellgrandsonMW11SCOKYIL