The Shemwell Family

Ethel Briscoe CarpenterAge: 29 years18901919

Name
Ethel Briscoe Carpenter
Given names
Ethel Briscoe
Surname
Carpenter
Birth February 1890 49 35
Death of a fatherJames Walter Carpenter
January 2, 1897 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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 10 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherJane Eleanor Shemwell
January 29, 1901 (Age 10 years)
Death of a motherMary Alice Llewellyn Bunting
February 27, 1905 (Age 15 years)

Census April 23, 1910 (Age 20 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/
Death February 13, 1919 (Age 29 years)

Note: Date of death is actually date of burial permit; died at age 29y
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Loudon Park Cemetery
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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
elder 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
elder sister
C Sidney Llewellyn Carpenter
Birth: December 28, 1886 46 32Maryland, United States
Death: March 20, 1974Haverford, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States
3 years
herself
Ethel Briscoe Carpenter
Birth: February 1890 49 35Maryland, United States
Death: February 13, 1919

Ethel Briscoe Carpenter has 9 first cousins recorded

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

Death
Date of death is actually date of burial permit; died at age 29y