The Shemwell Family

Eva Lee LancasterAge: 57 years18721930

Name
Eva Lee Lancaster
Given names
Eva Lee
Surname
Lancaster
Married name
Eva Lee Carney
Birth November 7, 1872 43 41
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 5 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 15, 1880 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 25 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 18, 1900 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Lucian Burch Carney
March 11, 1902 (Age 29 years)
Death of a sisterSallie Mary Lancaster
April 13, 1903 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
May Carney
1907 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#3
John Carney
1908 (Age 35 years)
Death of a fatherElijah Lancaster
October 5, 1908 (Age 35 years)
Cause: Asthma
Census May 3, 1910 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a son
#4
William Howard Taft Carney
April 16, 1911 (Age 38 years)
Death of a sisterNancy Ann Lancaster
June 7, 1911 (Age 38 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Clauson
July 8, 1916 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 43 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a husbandWilliam C Carney
March 27, 1917 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 44 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 45 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 15, 1920 (Age 47 years)
Marriage of a childHenry EzellMay CarneyView this family
1922 (Age 49 years)
Marriage of a childLucian Burch CarneyPauline NealView this family
Type: Civil marriage
August 3, 1924 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 56 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 July 7, 1930 (Age 57 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: April 22, 1846Stewart, Tennessee, United States
-1 months
elder brother
5 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
Ellen Lancaster
Birth: January 28, 1862 32 30Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 26, 1952Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder brother
4 years
elder sister
Sallie Mary Lancaster
Birth: 1869 39 37Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 13, 1903Stewart, Tennessee, United States
4 years
herself
Eva Lee Lancaster
Birth: November 7, 1872 43 41Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 7, 1930Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Family with William C Carney - View this family
husband
herself
Eva Lee Lancaster
Birth: November 7, 1872 43 41Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 7, 1930Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
son
6 years
daughter
2 years
son
John Carney
Birth: 1908 55 35Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
son
William Howard Taft Carney
Birth: April 16, 1911 58 38Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
daughter
Private

Eva Lee Lancaster has 8 first cousins recorded

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Elijah Lancaster - Household

District 7, Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Lancaster, ElijahWM51headMfarmerTNNCNC
Lancaster, BettieWF50wifeMkeeping houseTNILIL
Lancaster, FrankWM21sonSworking farmTNTNTN
Lancaster, EllenWF18daughterSTNTNTN
Lancaster, RobertWM13sonSworks on farmTennesseTNTN
Lancaster, LillieWF10daughterSTNTNTN
Lancaster, Eva LeeWF7daughterSTNTNTN
Lancaster, WilliamWM32headMfarmerTNTNTN
Lancaster, MarthaWF17wifeMTNTNTN
Lancaster, JoeWM23headMfarmerTNTNTN
Lancaster, SusanWF18wifeMkeeping houseTNTNTN
Lancaster, NelsonWM27headMlaborer on farmTNTNTN
Lancaster, AnnaWF17wifeMkeeping houseTNTNTN
Lancaster, NettieWF8 monthsOctdaughterSTNTNTN

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Elijah Lancaster - Household

District 7, Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Lancaster, ElijahheadWMFeb182971M56TNNCNCfarm
Lancaster, ElizabethwifeWFJul182970M56109ILILIL
Lancaster, Eva LeedaughterWFNov187425STNTNIL
Geir, EmmanieceWFAug188019STNNYTN

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William C Carney - Household

Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Carney, William CheadMW56M28TNTNTNfarmer
Carmey, Eva wifeFW37M1843TNTNTN
Carney, BirchsonMW8STNTNTN
Carney, MaydaughterFW3STNTNTN
Carney, JohnsonMW2STNTNTN