The Shemwell Family

Laura Maryland CarpenterAge: 88 years18831972

Name
Laura Maryland Carpenter
Given names
Laura Maryland
Surname
Carpenter
Married name
Laura Maryland Tappan
Married name
Laura Maryland Blinn
Birth March 1883 43 29
Birth of a sisterC Sidney Llewellyn Carpenter
December 28, 1886 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherNewton Ford Carpenter
July 18, 1888 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterEthel Briscoe Carpenter
February 1890 (Age 6 years)
Death of a fatherJames Walter Carpenter
January 2, 1897 (Age 13 years)
D.A.R.
ID. Number: 51909

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherJane Eleanor Shemwell
January 29, 1901 (Age 17 years)
Death of a motherMary Alice Llewellyn Bunting
February 27, 1905 (Age 21 years)

MarriagePaul TappanView this family
September 11, 1909 (Age 26 years)
Residence 1916 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 32 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 33 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 34 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 35 years)

Note: Date of death is actually date of burial permit; died at age 29y
Census January 30, 1920 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Laura Maryland Carpenter Blinn
September 12, 1924 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 46 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 46 years)
Religious marriageCharles Payson Blinn Jr.View this family
April 13, 1937 (Age 54 years)
Census April 25, 1940 (Age 57 years)
Death of a sisterLola May Carpenter
August 11, 1941 (Age 58 years)
Death of a brotherArthur Dudley Carpenter
July 28, 1944 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 58 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
Marriage of a childDavid Spencer Atkinson JrLaura Maryland Carpenter BlinnView this family
February 1948 (Age 64 years)

Death of a brotherNewton Ford Carpenter
November 18, 1949 (Age 66 years)
Death of a husbandPaul Tappan
August 7, 1951 (Age 68 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 66 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a husbandCharles Payson Blinn Jr.
November 22, 1966 (Age 83 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 62 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 January 2, 1972 (Age 88 years)
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
herself
5 years
younger brother
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
younger 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 Paul Tappan - View this family
husband
Paul Tappan
Birth: December 4, 1886Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Death: August 7, 1951
herself
Marriage: September 11, 1909Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Family with Charles Payson Blinn Jr. - View this family
husband
Charles Payson Blinn Jr.
Birth: December 5, 1879Massachusetts, United States
Death: November 22, 1966Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
herself
Marriage: April 13, 1937Alexandria, Virginia, United States
-13 years
daughter
Laura Maryland Carpenter Blinn
Birth: September 12, 1924 44 41Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: February 19, 2006Hopewell Junction, Dutchess, New York, 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

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Paul Tappan - Household

Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania Montgomery Ave.

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Tappan, PaulheadMW34MMAMAMABrokerOffice
Tappan, Laura CwifeFW34MMDMDMD

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Charles Payson Blinn Jr. - Household

211 Glenn Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Blinn, Charles P JrXheadMW61MMASame placeVice-PresidentBanking
Blinn, Laura MwifeFW54MMDSame place
Blinn, Laura MdaughterFW15SDCSame place