The Shemwell Family

Addie Catherine “Ada” HollandAge: 58 years18631922

Name
Addie Catherine “Ada” Holland
Given names
Addie Catherine
Surname
Holland
Nickname
Ada
Nickname
Queen
Married name
Addie Catherine Dunbar
Birth October 28, 1863 37 24
No Biological Children
No Known Biological Children

Note: No Children in 1910 - 1920 Census Records -b
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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
Birth of a brotherLewis Thomas “Tom” Holland
August 17, 1866 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 3 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 3 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a brotherRobert Holland
1869 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 5 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
Census July 8, 1870 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterSophia Ann Holland
July 29, 1875 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterClara Dona “Donie” Holland
September 15, 1877 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 14 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas Holland
January 26, 1879 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a sisterJoesphine Franklin “Josie” Holland
November 17, 1879 (Age 16 years)
Death of a brotherRobert Holland
before 1880 (Age 16 years)

Note: Does mot appear in the 1880 Census with family abt. 11 or 12, death assumed. -b
Census June 22, 1880 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a sisterEmma Elizabeth Holland
1884 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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 19, 1900 (Age 36 years)
MarriageCornelius Wesley DunbarView this family
April 25, 1901 (Age 37 years)
Death of a fatherHenry Ward Holland
July 30, 1909 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 52 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 motherElizabeth Haseltine Parker
April 1, 1918 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 53 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 54 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/
Death of a brotherWilliam L Holland
February 7, 1920 (Age 56 years)
Cause: Abcess of brain
Death of a husbandCornelius Wesley Dunbar
March 17, 1920 (Age 56 years)
Death March 1, 1922 (Age 58 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Barron Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1857Missouri, United States
7 months
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
Nancy Isabelle “Bell” Holland
Birth: December 24, 1859 33 20Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: March 10, 1953Centerton, Benton, Arkansas, United States
4 years
herself
Addie Catherine “Ada” Holland
Birth: October 28, 1863 37 24Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: March 1, 1922Garland, Benton, Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Robert Holland
Birth: 1869 42 29Arkansas, United States
Death: before 1880
7 years
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
5 years
younger sister
Family with Cornelius Wesley Dunbar - View this family
husband
Cornelius Wesley Dunbar
Birth: February 5, 1845Monroe, Amherst, Virginia, United States
Death: March 17, 1920Benton, Arkansas, United States
herself
Addie Catherine “Ada” Holland
Birth: October 28, 1863 37 24Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: March 1, 1922Garland, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: April 25, 1901Benton, Arkansas, United States

Addie Catherine “Ada” Holland has 19 first cousins recorded

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Henry Ward Holland - Household

Benton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Holland, Henry Whead42MWfarmerKY
Holland, Elizabethwife31FWTN
Holland, William Lson12MWMO
Holland, Isabelldaughter10FWMO
Holland, Queendaughter7FWMO
Holland, Thomasson4MWMO
Holland, Robertson1MWAR

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Henry Ward Holland - Household

Benton, Arkansas, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Holland, Henry WWM52headMfarmerKYKYKY
Holland, ElizabethWF42wifeMTNTNTN
Holland, AddieWF17daughterSMOKYTN
Holland, ThomasWM13sonSMOKYTN
Holland, SophiaWF5daughterSARKYTN
Holland, JanieWF3daughterSARKYTN
Holland, JosieWF7 monthsNovdaughterSARKYTN

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Henry Ward Holland - Household

Benton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Holland, Henry WheadWMSep182673MKYKYKYfarmer
Holland, ElizabethwifeWFFeb183961M118TNALTN
Holland, Ada CdaughterWFOct186435SMOKYTN
Holland, JosephinedaughterWFNov188020SARKYTN
Holland, EmmadaughterWFJan188416SARKYTN

No Biological Children
No Children in 1910 - 1920 Census Records -b