The Shemwell Family

Mary Burrage1891

Name
Mary Burrage
Given names
Mary
Surname
Burrage
Birth January 1891 36 35

Birth of a brotherJohn B Burrage
March 1892 (Age 14 months)

Birth of a brotherHugh Burrage
October 1894 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterBlanche Burrage
March 23, 1897 (Age 6 years)
Death of a sisterBlanche Burrage
April 21, 1897 (Age 6 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
Census June 12, 1900 (Age 9 years)
Census April 19, 1910 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 25 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 motherLucy Delphia Wincoff
January 2, 1917 (Age 26 years)
Death of a fatherJames Monroe Burrage
May 13, 1917 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 26 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 27 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
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
Death of a brotherRobert Luther Burrage
April 18, 1946 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 59 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 55 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
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Marriage: December 10, 1874Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
6 months
elder sister
20 months
elder brother
23 months
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
Annie V Burrage
Birth: 1880 25 24Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
Death: 1885Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder brother
Roy W Burrage
Birth: April 1883 28 27Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
Death:
4 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
Loid H Burrage
Birth: June 14, 1889 34 33Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 19, 1890Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
20 months
herself
15 months
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Hugh Burrage
Birth: October 1894 40 38Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
younger sister
Blanche Burrage
Birth: March 23, 1897 42 41Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 21, 1897Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James Monroe Burrage - Household

Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Burrage, James MheadWMSep185445M26NCNCNCfarmer
Burrage, Lucy DwifeWFDec185544M26118NCNCNC
Burrage, Luther RsonWMJan187921SNCNCNCfarm laborer
Burrage, Roy WsonWMApr188317SNCNCNCoverseer of spinning
Burrage, William RsonWMDec188613SNCNCNC
Burrage, MarydaughterWFJan18919SNCNCNC
Burrage, John BsonWMMar18928SNCNCNC
Burrage, HughsonWMOct18945SNCNCNC
Burrage, James HsonWMFeb187723SNCNCNCwood workman
Burrage, Emmadaughter in lawWMApr188020MNCNCNC
Burrage, SongrandsonWMMay19001 monthSNCNCNC
Rodgers, Jessie Pson in lawWMFeb186535M7NCNCNCminister
Rodgers, LottiedaughterWFJun187524M7NCNCNC
Rodgers, James BgrandsonWMJul18972SNCNCNC
Rodgers, Ruth WgranddaughterWFFeb19003 monthsSNCNCNC

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Monroe Burrage - Household

Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Burrage, James MheadMW55M39NCNCNCsuperintendentcounty roads
Burrage, Lucy DwifeFW55M35118NCNCNC
Burrage, Robert LsonMW34WdNCNCNCforemanlumber yard
Burrage, MarydaughterFW20SNCNCNC
Burrage, John BsonMW18SNCNCNClaborerfarm
Burrage, HughsonMW15SNCNCNClaborerfarm
Burrage, Charles EgrandsonMW8SNCNCNC
Burrage, Lucy IgranddaughterFW3SNCNCNC