The Shemwell Family

Berlin Q Lancaster1897

Name
Berlin Q Lancaster
Given names
Berlin Q
Surname
Lancaster
Birth March 1897 43 35
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 months)
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 23, 1900 (Age 3 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherElijah Lancaster
October 5, 1908 (Age 11 years)
Cause: Asthma
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 13 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Clauson
July 8, 1916 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 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 19 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 20 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 32 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 fatherNelson Alexander Lancaster
June 23, 1938 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 motherAngeline “Annie” Henley
November 3, 1947 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 52 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 48 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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mother
Marriage: December 26, 1878Crockett, Tennessee, United States
10 months
elder sister
20 months
elder sister
Hettie May Lancaster
Birth: May 1881 28 19Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
4 years
elder brother
4 years
elder brother
Herschel Gerome Lancaster
Birth: November 1888 35 26Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
8 years
himself
Berlin Q Lancaster
Birth: March 1897 43 35Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:

Berlin Q Lancaster has 37 first cousins recorded

Mother's family (0)

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Nelson Alexander Lancaster - Household

Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Lancaster, Nelson AheadWMApr185347M20TNTNTNfarmer
Lancaster, AnniewifeWFDec186138M2055TNTNTN
Lancaster, Nettie BdaughterWFOct187920STNTNTN
Lancaster, Hettie MdaughterWFMay188119STNTNTN
Lancaster, George WsonWMDec188514STNTNTNfarm laborer
Lancaster, Herschel GsonWMNov188811STNTNTNfarm laborer
Lancaster, Berlin QsonWMMar18973STNTNTN

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Nelson Alexander Lancaster - Household

Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Lankaster, Nelson AheadMW57M131TNTNTNfarmer
Lankcaster, AnniewifeFW49M13155TNTNTN
Lankaster, MaydaughterFW28STNTNTN
Lankaster, JeromesonMW21STNTNTNfarmer
Lankaster, BerlandsonMW13STNTNTNfarmer