The Shemwell Family

Hester Ada WatsonAge: 25 years18961921

Name
Hester Ada Watson
Given names
Hester Ada
Surname
Watson
Married name
Hester Ada Holland
Birth 1896
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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
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/
Birth of a daughter
#1
Delores K Holland
1919 (Age 23 years)
Census January 2, 1920 (Age 24 years)
Death May 12, 1921 (Age 25 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenwood Cemetery
Family with Marvin Edward Holland - View this family
husband
Marvin Edward Holland
Birth: November 1, 1891 41 29Phelps, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: March 8, 1984Christian, Illinois, United States
herself
Hester Ada Watson
Birth: 1896Illinois, United States
Death: May 12, 1921Assumption, Christian, Illinois, United States
son
Private
daughter
Delores K Holland
Birth: 1919 27 23Illinois, United States
Death: 1966Christian, Kentucky, United States

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