The Shemwell Family

Charles Henry HoweAge: 49 years18821931

Name
Charles Henry Howe
Given names
Charles Henry
Surname
Howe
Birth February 1, 1882
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 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
Civil marriageGertrude “Girdie” ShemwellView this family
August 15, 1912 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Charles Kensing “Kenny” Howe
August 12, 1915 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 33 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 34 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 35 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 22, 1920 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 47 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 August 24, 1931 (Age 49 years)
Family with Gertrude “Girdie” Shemwell - View this family
himself
Charles Henry Howe
Birth: February 1, 1882Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
Death: August 24, 1931East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
wife
Marriage: August 15, 1912Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, United States
3 years
son
+ Gertrude “Girdie” Shemwell - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage:
step-son

No family available

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles Howe - Household

Roy Ave Canteen, St Clair, Illinois

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Howe, CharlesheadMW37MILILILLaborerSmelter
Howe, GertrudewifeFW34MILILIL
Howe, BurgettdaughterFW10SILILIL
Howe, KensingsonMW4SILILIL

Burgett is stepson