The Shemwell Family

Nelson Niles WickerAge: 54 years18951949

Name
Nelson Niles Wicker
Given names
Nelson Niles
Surname
Wicker
Birth February 17, 1895 25 18
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 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 5 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherRoresta Margaret Holland
February 10, 1902 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 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 21 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 22 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 paternal grandfatherRobert A Wicker
July 1, 1922 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Wilma Margaurite Wicker
March 4, 1923 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Maxine Isabell Wicker
January 17, 1926 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 34 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
Census April 2, 1930 (Age 35 years)
Census April 23, 1940 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 46 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
Death of a fatherDr. William Franklin Wicker
March 4, 1946 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Glen Nelson Walker
November 29, 1949 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 50 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 December 22, 1949 (Age 54 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
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father
Dr. William Franklin Wicker
Birth: July 21, 1869 21 21Fayette, Illinois, United States
Death: March 4, 1946Los Angeles, California, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1894
14 months
himself
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himself
wife
Ina Aloysia Phillips
Birth: July 7, 1891Missouri, United States
Death: September 14, 1967La Mesa, San Diego, California, United States
daughter
Wilma Margaurite Wicker
Birth: March 4, 1923 28 31Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: December 22, 1988San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
daughter
Private

Nelson Niles Wicker has 2 first cousins recorded

Father's family (2)

Parents Mathew Wimpy Wicker + Mary Edith Palmer
1Ruby Wicker19011984

Mother's family (0)

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William Franklin Wicker - Household

Oak Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Wicker, WilliamheadWMJul186930M6ILILKYDealer Live Stock?
Wicker, InezwifeWFMar187624M611MOILIN
Wicker, NilessonWMFeb18955SKSILMO