The Shemwell Family

Bessie Lorene BinghamAge: 68 years18911959

Name
Bessie Lorene Bingham
Given names
Bessie Lorene
Surname
Bingham
Married name
Bessie Lorene Brown
Birth January 9, 1891 33 32
Birth of a sisterLuna L Bingham
1894 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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 brotherWalter N Bingham
October 28, 1898 (Age 7 years)
Burial of a sisterLuna L Bingham
1900 (Age 8 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arrow Rock Cemetery
Census June 27, 1900 (Age 9 years)
Death of a sisterLuna L Bingham
July 2, 1900 (Age 9 years)
Death of a brotherEdgar Ardenne Bingham
1901 (Age 9 years)
Burial of a brotherEdgar Ardenne Bingham
1901 (Age 9 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arrow Rock Cemetery
Death of a paternal grandfatherCapt. George Bingham
September 1, 1904 (Age 13 years)
Death of a brotherChester M Bingham
1905 (Age 13 years)

Census April 18, 1910 (Age 19 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Edgar “Willie” Bingham
February 27, 1911 (Age 20 years)
Death of a motherMargaret “Maggie” Grubb
September 5, 1911 (Age 20 years)
MarriageRalph BrownView this family
November 5, 1914 (Age 23 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMinerva Valdenar
June 13, 1916 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 24 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 25 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 26 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 38 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 of a brotherRolla Sylvester Bingham
February 3, 1936 (Age 45 years)
Cause: Suicide
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 50 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 58 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 54 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 May 27, 1959 (Age 68 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 8, 1878Saline, Missouri, United States
15 months
elder brother
Edgar Ardenne Bingham
Birth: 1879 21 20Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: 1901Saline, Missouri, United States
4 years
elder brother
Chester M Bingham
Birth: 1882 24 23Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: 1905
2 years
elder brother
Rolla Sylvester Bingham
Birth: January 2, 1884 26 25Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: February 3, 1936Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
21 months
elder brother
Lonnie Victor Bingham
Birth: September 24, 1885 28 26Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death:
2 years
elder brother
Charles A Bingham
Birth: 1887 29 28Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: 1889Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
4 years
herself
Bessie Lorene Bingham
Birth: January 9, 1891 33 32Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: May 27, 1959Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
4 years
younger sister
Luna L Bingham
Birth: 1894 36 35Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: July 2, 1900Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
5 years
younger brother
Walter N Bingham
Birth: October 28, 1898 41 40Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States
Death:
Family with Ralph Brown - View this family
husband
herself
Bessie Lorene Bingham
Birth: January 9, 1891 33 32Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: May 27, 1959Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
Marriage: November 5, 1914Saline, Missouri, United States

Bessie Lorene Bingham has 8 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William Edgar “Willie” Bingham - Household

Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Bingham, William headWMApr185743M21MOVAMEfarm laborer
Bingham, MargaretwifeWFOct185742M2197MOVAMO
Bingham, Edgar AsonWMJul187920SMOMOMOfarm laborer
Bingham, Chester MsonWMApr188218SMOMOMOblacksmith
Bingham, Rolla SsonWMJan188416SMOMOMO
Bingham, Victor AsonWMSep18869SMOMOMO
Bingham, Bessie LdaughterWFJan18916SMOMOMO
Bingham, Walter NsonWMOct18991SCAMOMO

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Edgar “Willie” Bingham - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Bingham, William EheadMW53M31MOVAMDnone
Bingham, Maggie RwifeFW52M3194MOVAMOseamstress
Bingham, Lonnie sonMW24SMOMOMOblacksmith
Bingham, Bessie LdaughterFW19SMOMOMOdressmaking
Bingham, Walter NsonMW11SCAMOMO