The Shemwell Family

Standard Dewitt CramerAge: 78 years18591938

Name
Standard Dewitt Cramer
Given names
Standard Dewitt
Surname
Cramer
Birth June 15, 1859 26 24
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census August 27, 1860 (Age 14 months)
Marriage of a parentJohn Parrish WellsCornelia WebbView this family
Type: Religious marriage
January 26, 1862 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a half-sisterAnna C Wells
1863 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 21 months)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 7 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 7 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 9 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Birth of a half-brotherSpotswood Milton Wells
January 1870 (Age 10 years)
Census July 18, 1870 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a half-brotherHenry John Wells
April 7, 1873 (Age 13 years)
Death of a sisterMadora Cramer
November 17, 1874 (Age 15 years)
Cause: Typhoid fever
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 18 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 3, 1880 (Age 20 years)
Death of a sisterAlice Cramer
March 17, 1881 (Age 21 years)
Religious marriageMary Jane ConwayView this family
January 25, 1883 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Ernest D Cramer
March 1887 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Ethel Cramer
September 1888 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Cornelia Cramer
April 1891 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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
Birth of a daughter
#4
Susan Cramer
September 1898 (Age 39 years)
Census June 2, 1900 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Gertrude Cramer
1902 (Age 42 years)
Death of a motherCornelia Webb
1906 (Age 46 years)
Census May 12, 1910 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 56 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 57 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 58 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 8, 1920 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 70 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 5, 1930 (Age 70 years)
Death January 8, 1938 (Age 78 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 28, 1853Cooper, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder sister
Madora Cramer
Birth: 1855 22 20Missouri, United States
Death: November 17, 1874Brownsville, Saline, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder sister
2 years
himself
Mother’s family with John Parrish Wells - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: January 26, 1862Cooper, Missouri, United States
23 months
half-sister
7 years
half-brother
Spotswood Milton Wells
Birth: January 1870 33 35Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death:
3 years
half-brother
Family with Mary Jane Conway - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: January 25, 1883Cooper, Missouri, United States
4 years
son
19 months
daughter
Ethel Cramer
Birth: September 1888 29 24Missouri, United States
Death:
3 years
daughter
8 years
daughter
Susan Cramer
Birth: September 1898 39 34Missouri, United States
Death:
4 years
daughter

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - J M Cramer - Household

Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
J M Cramerhead27MWfarmerMO
Cornelia Cramerwife22FWVA
Madora Cramerdaughter5FWMO
Alice Cramerdaughter3FWMO
Stanard Cramerson1MWMO
Margaret Platt27FWVA
Lucy Platt11FWMO

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - John Parrish Wells - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Wells, John Phead38MWfarmerKY
Wells, Corneliawife32FWVA
Wells, Annadaughter7FWMO
Wells, Spotswoodson5 monthsMWMO
Cramer, Madorastep daughter15FWMO
Cramer, Alicestep daughter13FWMO
Cramer, Standardstep son11MWworks on farmMO

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Rev. John Fox Clark - Household

Blackwater Twp, Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Clark, John FWM58headMfarmerKYKYKY
Clark, Mary EWF45wifeMVAVAVA
Clark, Mary WWF13daughterSMOKYVA

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Stanard Cramer - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Cramer, StanardheadWMJun186040M15MOMOMOfarm laborer
Cramer, MolliewifeWFMay186440M1564MOMOMO
Cramer, Ernest DsonWMMar188713SMOMOMO
Cramer, EtheldaughterWFSep188811SMOMOMO
Cramer, CorneliadaughterWFApr18919SMOMOMO
Cramer, SusandaughterWFSep18981SMOMOMO

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Standard Cramer - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Cramer, StandardheadMW52M25MOMOMOfarmer
Cramer, Mary JanewifeFW45M2575MOMOMO
Cramer, CorneliadaughterFW17SMOMOMO
Cramer, SusandaughterFW10SMOMOMO
Cramer, GertrudedaughterFW8SMOMOMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Standard Cramer - Household

Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Cramer, StandardheadMW61MMOMOMOlaborerodd jobs
Cramer, MolliewifeFW53MMOMOMO
Cramer, Ernest DsonMW31SMOMOMOlaborerodd jobs

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Standard Cramer - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Cramer, Standard DheadMW70M22MOMOMOfarmer
Cramer, Mary JwifeFW64M20MOMOMO