Melvina Pamelia ThompsonAge: 80 years1854–1935
- Name
- Melvina Pamelia Thompson
- Given names
- Melvina Pamelia
- Surname
- Thompson
- Married name
- Melvina Pamelia Wassell
- Married name
- Melvina Pamelia Shemwell
 Birth | May 27, 1854 23 17 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Birth of a brother | Levi Daniel Thompson 1860 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | August 4, 1860 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | David Tinsley Lee 1861 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Margaret “Sadie” Thompson August 30, 1862 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 years)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 |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 12 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 12 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Lansa Thompson 1869 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a father | Robert Levi Thompson July 1869 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a brother | Levi Daniel Thompson October 1869 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 14 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 11, 1870 (Age 16 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | William Gibson — Delilah Adeline Lee — View this family 1871 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Flora Delilah “Dellie” Gibson 1874 (Age 19 years) |
 Religious marriage | Charles Dimock Wassell — View this family June 8, 1876 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Alma Gibson 1876 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Emily “Emma” Wassell April 4, 1877 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Nancy Lee “Nannie” Wassell December 23, 1878 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Nellie Gibson 1878 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 23 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 19, 1880 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Warren Thompson Wassell July 26, 1880 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Lola V “Lady V” Wassell February 16, 1882 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a sister | Lansa Thompson January 5, 1884 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a husband | Charles Dimock Wassell 1887 (Age 32 years) Note: The birth year listed in Find A Grave is incorrect. The birth year should be 1852. |
| Marriage | Alexander Taylor Shemwell — View this family October 1889 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Gertrude Shemwell September 23, 1890 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Alta M Shemwell August 1892 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | George Alexander Shemwell January 3, 1894 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Rena Kueckelhan January 1896 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Ruth Shemwell July 16, 1896 (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ashley Oberon Kueckelhan — Emily “Emma” Wassell — View this family Type: Religious marriage April 7, 1897 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a son #9 | Robert Levi Shemwell February 8, 1898 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 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 grandson #2 | Lee Irvine Kueckelhan October 11, 1899 (Age 45 years) |
| Census | June 16, 1900 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a son | Robert Levi Shemwell August 1, 1901 (Age 47 years) Cause: Dysentery |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Jeanette Kueckelhan August 15, 1901 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Robert Milton Crockett — Lola V “Lady V” Wassell — View this family Type: Religious marriage June 16, 1903 (Age 49 years)Address: City Hotel, Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| Marriage of a child | Warren Thompson Wassell — Alice “Allie” L Oliver — View this family Type: Civil marriage November 18, 1906 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Col. John Wassell Crockett June 5, 1907 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Nadine Eloise Wassell July 28, 1907 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Gertrude Shemwell November 22, 1908 (Age 54 years) Cause: Pneumonia - Typhoid Fever |
| Census | April 18, 1910 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a mother | Delilah Adeline Lee September 2, 1910 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Sadie Melvina Crockett December 12, 1910 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Charles VanBuren Crockett December 13, 1913 (Age 59 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Lloyd Leeland Lewis — Ruth Shemwell — View this family Type: Religious marriage November 23, 1915 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 61 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 husband | Alexander Taylor Shemwell July 24, 1917 (Age 63 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
| Burial of a husband | Alexander Taylor Shemwell July 26, 1917 (Age 63 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lamine Cemetery |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 62 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 63 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/ |
| Marriage of a child | William Ira Pillsbury — Alta M Shemwell — View this family January 5, 1920 (Age 65 years) |
| Census | January 9, 1920 (Age 65 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Charles Wallace — Ruth Shemwell — View this family 1923 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a son | Warren Thompson Wassell January 1, 1923 (Age 68 years) |
| Marriage of a child | George Alexander Shemwell — Ida Clark — View this family January 27, 1925 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 75 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 |
| Census | April 1930 (Age 75 years) |
 Death | May 18, 1935 (Age 80 years) Cause of death: Cardiac Arrhythmia |
 Burial | May 21, 1935 (3 days after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lamine Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Robert Levi Thompson Birth: 1831 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 1869 — Randolph, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Delilah Adeline Lee Birth: May 13, 1837 36 35 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: September 2, 1910 — Chester, Randolph, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: September 6, 1853 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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9 months herself |
Melvina Pamelia Thompson Birth: May 27, 1854 23 17 — Illinois, United States Death: May 18, 1935 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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7 years younger brother |
Levi Daniel Thompson Birth: 1860 29 22 — Illinois, United States Death: October 1869 — Randolph, Illinois, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Sarah Margaret “Sadie” Thompson Birth: August 30, 1862 31 25 — Randolph, Illinois, United States Death: October 20, 1951 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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7 years younger sister |
Lansa Thompson Birth: 1869 38 31 — Randolph, Illinois, United States Death: January 5, 1884 — Illinois, United States |
| Mother’s family with William Gibson |
| step-father |
William Gibson Birth: 1825 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: 1907 — Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Delilah Adeline Lee Birth: May 13, 1837 36 35 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: September 2, 1910 — Chester, Randolph, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: 1871 — Randolph, Illinois, United States |
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4 years half-sister |
Flora Delilah “Dellie” Gibson Birth: 1874 49 36 — Randolph, Illinois, United States Death: |
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3 years half-sister |
Alma Gibson Birth: 1876 51 38 — Illinois, United States Death: |
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3 years half-sister |
Nellie Gibson Birth: 1878 53 40 — Illinois, United States Death: |
| Family with Charles Dimock Wassell |
| husband |
Charles Dimock Wassell Birth: February 27, 1852 41 33 — Illinois, United States Death: 1887 |
| herself |
Melvina Pamelia Thompson Birth: May 27, 1854 23 17 — Illinois, United States Death: May 18, 1935 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: June 8, 1876 — Randolph, Illinois, United States |
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10 months daughter |
Emily “Emma” Wassell Birth: April 4, 1877 25 22 — Red Bud, Randolph, Illinois, United States Death: June 25, 1956 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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21 months daughter |
Nancy Lee “Nannie” Wassell Birth: December 23, 1878 26 24 — Nashville, Washington, Illinois, United States Death: March 27, 1964 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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19 months son |
Warren Thompson Wassell Birth: July 26, 1880 28 26 — Illinois, United States Death: January 1, 1923 — Otoe, Nebraska, United States |
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19 months daughter |
Lola V “Lady V” Wassell Birth: February 16, 1882 29 27 — Illinois, United States Death: June 14, 1968 — Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Family with Alexander Taylor Shemwell |
| husband |
Alexander Taylor Shemwell Birth: March 4, 1849 24 18 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: July 24, 1917 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Melvina Pamelia Thompson Birth: May 27, 1854 23 17 — Illinois, United States Death: May 18, 1935 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: October 1889 — Missouri, United States |
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1 year daughter |
Gertrude Shemwell Birth: September 23, 1890 41 36 — Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: November 22, 1908 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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23 months daughter |
Alta M Shemwell Birth: August 1892 43 38 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 29, 1996 |
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17 months son |
George Alexander Shemwell Birth: January 3, 1894 44 39 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: February 6, 1960 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Ruth Shemwell Birth: July 16, 1896 47 42 — Missouri, United States Death: January 9, 1969 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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19 months son |
Robert Levi Shemwell Birth: February 8, 1898 48 43 Death: August 1, 1901 |
Melvina Pamelia Thompson has 29 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (29)
Parents John Richard Thompson + Nancy C L F “Frances” Lee
Parents George Morton Shemwell + Louisa M Lee
Parents Charles Penic Lee + Virginia A Martin
Parents Charles Penic Lee + Amanda M Miller
Parents Howell B Edwards + Gabriella A Lee
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Robert Levi Thompson - Household
Randolph, Illinois, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Delilah Adeline Lee - Household
Randolph, Illinois, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Charles D Wassel - Household
Chester, Randolph, Illinois, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Alexander Taylor Shemwell - Household
Lamine Township, Lamine Village, Cooper, MO.
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Alexander Taylor Shemwell - Household
Railroad Ave Blackwater Cooper MO.
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Melvina Pamelia Thompson - Household
Black Water, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William Charles Wallace - Household
105 E 40th. Kansas City, Jackson, MO
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