The Shemwell Family

Laura Bell BroadwayAge: 68 years18751943

Name
Laura Bell Broadway
Given names
Laura Bell
Surname
Broadway
Married name
Laura Bell Sikes
Birth September 15, 1875

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 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
MarriageWilliam Howell Sikes Jr.View this family
March 1912 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 40 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 41 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 42 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 7, 1920 (Age 44 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Howell Sikes Jr.
April 22, 1929 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 54 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 66 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 December 28, 1943 (Age 68 years)
Family with William Howell Sikes Jr. - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: March 1912Stewart, Tennessee, United States
William Howell Sikes Jr. + Nancy Ann Lancaster - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: May 7, 1868Stewart, Tennessee, United States
22 months
step-daughter
Mary “Annie” Sikes
Birth: February 22, 1870 19 19Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 20, 1941Stewart, Tennessee, United States
4 years
step-son
Lawrence Sikes
Birth: 1873 21 22Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
1 year
step-son
Torence Sikes
Birth: 1873 21 22Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: after 1880
23 months
step-daughter
Ida Florence Sikes
Birth: November 17, 1874 23 24Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 24, 1934Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
15 months
step-son
Ollie B Sikes
Birth: February 17, 1876 25 25Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 15, 1951Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
4 years
step-daughter
2 years
step-son
George Alex Sikes
Birth: May 20, 1881 30 30Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 5, 1943Stewart, Tennessee, United States
22 months
step-son
Nelson Franklin Sikes
Birth: March 17, 1883 32 32Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 27, 1952Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
5 years
step-daughter
Lydia Sallie Sikes
Birth: April 4, 1888 37 37Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 28, 1971Barberton, Summit, Ohio, United States
2 years
step-son
William Henry Sikes
Birth: June 29, 1890 39 39Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1957Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States

No family available

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Howell Sikes Jr. - Household

Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Sykes, William HheadMW69MTNTNTNfarmer
Sikes, Laura BwifeFW46MTNTNTN