The Shemwell Family

Esther Smith SnyderAge: 57 years18931951

Name
Esther Smith Snyder
Given names
Esther Smith
Surname
Snyder
Birth December 24, 1893 35 35
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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 December 7, 1900 (Age 6 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherJane Shemwell
March 14, 1907 (Age 13 years)
Census April 23, 1910 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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 13, 1920 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 35 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 motherElizabeth Jane “Lizzie” Lambeth
May 13, 1934 (Age 40 years)

Census April 13, 1940 (Age 46 years)
Death of a fatherLuther Bogan Snyder
May 23, 1943 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 56 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 52 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
Death May 8, 1951 (Age 57 years)

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father
mother
Marriage: November 22, 1888District of Columbia, United States
14 months
elder sister
Jennie Lugenia Snyder
Birth: January 16, 1890 31 32Washington City, District of Columbia, United States
Death: February 7, 1893Washington City, District of Columbia, United States
21 months
elder sister
Lulu Lambert Snyder
Birth: October 9, 1891 33 33Washington City, District of Columbia, United States
Death: March 21, 1893Washington City, District of Columbia, United States
2 years
herself
Esther Smith Snyder
Birth: December 24, 1893 35 35District of Columbia, United States
Death: May 8, 1951

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Luther Bogan Snyder - Household

District of Columbia, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Snyder, Luther BheadWMJul185643M12DCDCDCshoe merchant
Snyder, Elizabeth JwifeWFDec185742M12DCDCDC
Snyder, EstherdaughterWFDec18936SDCDCDC

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Luther Bogan Snyder - Household

District of Columbia, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Snyder, Luther BheadMW51M21DCMDDCmerchantshoe
Snyder, Elizabeth JwifeFW51M2131PAMDMD
Snyder, EstherdaughterFW16SDCDCPA

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Luther Bogan Snyder - Household

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Snyder, Luther BheadMW61MDCMDVAmerchantshoe store
Snyder, Elizabeth LwifeFW64MPAMDMD
Snyder, Esther SdaughterFW26SDCDCPA

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Luther Bogan Snyder - Household

Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Snyder, Luther BheadMW81MDC
Snyder, EstherdaughterFW60SDC