The Shemwell Family

Newton Ford CarpenterAge: 61 years18881949

Name
Newton Ford Carpenter
Given names
Newton Ford
Surname
Carpenter
Birth July 18, 1888 48 34
MarriageSarah Yarnall CrowellView this family
unknown

MarriageAlva M SandersView this family
unknown

Birth of a sisterEthel Briscoe Carpenter
February 1890 (Age 18 months)
Death of a fatherJames Walter Carpenter
January 2, 1897 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 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 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherJane Eleanor Shemwell
January 29, 1901 (Age 12 years)
Death of a motherMary Alice Llewellyn Bunting
February 27, 1905 (Age 16 years)

Census April 23, 1910 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Elizabeth Saunders Carpenter
December 5, 1913 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 27 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 28 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 29 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/
Death of a sisterEthel Briscoe Carpenter
February 13, 1919 (Age 30 years)

Note: Date of death is actually date of burial permit; died at age 29y
Census January 14, 1920 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary Alva Carpenter
December 26, 1920 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 41 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 brotherWalter Raymond Carpenter
after 1930 (Age 41 years)
Death of a sisterLola May Carpenter
August 11, 1941 (Age 53 years)
Death of a brotherArthur Dudley Carpenter
July 28, 1944 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 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 57 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 November 18, 1949 (Age 61 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Loudon Park Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 21, 1873Maryland, United States
19 months
elder sister
Lola May Carpenter
Birth: May 12, 1875 35 21St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: August 11, 1941Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
4 years
elder brother
4 months
elder sister
Bertha Carpenter
Birth: March 14, 1879 39 25Maryland, United States
Death: October 8, 1879St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
17 months
elder brother
Arthur Dudley Carpenter
Birth: August 7, 1880 40 26Budds Creek, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: July 28, 1944Washington, District of Columbia, United States
3 years
elder sister
5 years
himself
Newton Ford Carpenter
Birth: July 18, 1888 48 34Budds Creek, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: November 18, 1949Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
-19 months
elder sister
C Sidney Llewellyn Carpenter
Birth: December 28, 1886 46 32Maryland, United States
Death: March 20, 1974Haverford, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States
3 years
younger sister
Ethel Briscoe Carpenter
Birth: February 1890 49 35Maryland, United States
Death: February 13, 1919
Family with Sarah Yarnall Crowell - View this family
himself
Newton Ford Carpenter
Birth: July 18, 1888 48 34Budds Creek, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: November 18, 1949Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
wife
Marriage:
Family with Alva M Sanders - View this family
himself
Newton Ford Carpenter
Birth: July 18, 1888 48 34Budds Creek, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: November 18, 1949Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
wife
Alva M Sanders
Birth: February 23, 1890Maryland, United States
Death: November 4, 1992Silver Spring, Montgomery, Maryland, United States
Marriage:
daughter
Elizabeth Saunders Carpenter
Birth: December 5, 1913 25 23Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: June 20, 2000Wildwood, Sumter, Florida, United States
7 years
daughter
Mary Alva Carpenter
Birth: December 26, 1920 32 30Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: May 3, 2006Franklin, Virginia, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Mary Alice Llewellyn Bunting - Household

Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Carpenter, MaryheadWFFeb185446Wd27107MDMDMD
Carpenter, Walter RsonWMOct187722SMDMDMDlaw student
Carpenter, Arthur DsonWMAug188019MMDMDMDsalesman
Carpenter, Laura MdaughterWFMar188317SMDMDMD
Carpenter, N FordsonWMJul188910MMDMDMD
Carpenter, C SidneydaughterWFDec188712MMDMDMD
Carpenter, Ethel BdaughterWFFeb189010SMDMDMD

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Newton Ford Carpenter - Household

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Carpenter, N FordheadMW21SMDMDMDsalesmanautomobile
Carpenter, Ethel sisterFW20SMDMDMD

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Newton Ford Carpenter - Household

Bay, St. Mary's, Maryland

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Carpenter, Newton FheadMW31MMDMDMDFarmingOwn Farm
Carpenter, Alva SaunderswifeFW29MMDIAIL
Carpenter, Elizabeth SaundersdaughterFW7SDCMDIL