The Shemwell Family

Ollie E SteedAge: 39 years18901929

Name
Ollie E Steed
Given names
Ollie E
Surname
Steed
Married name
Ollie E Shemwell
Birth September 4, 1890 28
Death of a maternal grandfatherNicholas Schackert
April 7, 1892 (Age 19 months)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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
MarriageWilliam Joseph “Will” ShemwellView this family
December 25, 1905 (Age 15 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 25 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 26 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 27 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 2, 1920 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 39 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 14, 1929 (Age 39 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Miller & Piper Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Dora Schackert
Birth: February 27, 1862Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio, United States
Death: December 29, 1950Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
herself
Ollie E Steed
Birth: September 4, 1890 28Kentucky, United States
Death: December 14, 1929Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Family with William Joseph “Will” Shemwell - View this family
husband
William Joseph “Will” Shemwell
Birth: August 17, 1882 25 24Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 20, 1955Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
herself
Ollie E Steed
Birth: September 4, 1890 28Kentucky, United States
Death: December 14, 1929Paradise, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: December 25, 1905Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
William Joseph “Will” Shemwell + Pearl Markwell - View this family
husband
William Joseph “Will” Shemwell
Birth: August 17, 1882 25 24Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 20, 1955Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: 1931

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Ollie Steed - Household

Drakesboro, Muhlenberg Ky.

NameRelationSexRaceAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYOIN/AEngLOccupationIndustry
William Joseph ShemwellhusbandM27M4--KYKYKYMinerCoal Mine
Ollie SteedheadF19M4--KYOHOH

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Joseph “Will” Shemwell - Household

Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shemwell, WillheadMW37MKYKYOHMinerCoal Co.
Shemwell, OlliewifeFW31MKYKYOH