The Shemwell Family

Charles E Travers1865

Name
Charles E Travers
Given names
Charles E
Surname
Travers
Birth 1865 53 34
Birth of a brotherSidney Travers
1867 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 2 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 2 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 4 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
Birth of a sisterCatherine Travers
January 1870 (Age 5 years)
Census June 29, 1870 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 13 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 15, 1880 (Age 15 years)
Death of a sisterMary E Travers
August 17, 1883 (Age 18 years)
Death of a brotherJames W Travers
October 1883 (Age 18 years)
Death of a fatherElias Travers
April 21, 1887 (Age 22 years)
MarriageAmelia C KohlerView this family
June 16, 1894 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#1
William Arthur Travers
November 18, 1894 (Age 29 years)
Death of a sonWilliam Arthur Travers
July 25, 1895 (Age 30 years)
Death of a motherMary E Warner
April 26, 1896 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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
Auction of Real Estate
Sale of Travers Estate Property
April 16, 1901 (Age 36 years)
Death of a brotherSidney Travers
May 5, 1901 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 51 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 52 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 53 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 64 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 brotherJohn H Travers
June 15, 1930 (Age 65 years)
Census April 7, 1940 (Age 75 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 76 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 85 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
Death of a wifeAmelia C Kohler
February 18, 1955 (Age 90 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 81 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

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 20, 1855District of Columbia, United States
5 years
elder sister
Mary E Travers
Birth: 1859 47 28District of Columbia, United States
Death: August 17, 1883Hamilton, Loudoun, Virginia, United States
elder brother
16 months
elder brother
21 months
elder brother
James W Travers
Birth: 1861 49 30District of Columbia, United States
Death: October 1883Maryland, United States
5 years
himself
3 years
younger brother
Sidney Travers
Birth: 1867 55 36District of Columbia, United States
Death: May 5, 1901Howard, Maryland, United States
3 years
younger sister
Family with Amelia C Kohler - View this family
himself
wife
Amelia C Kohler
Birth: April 4, 1871Lykens, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: February 18, 1955Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
Marriage: June 16, 1894Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States
5 months
son
William Arthur Travers
Birth: November 18, 1894 29 23Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: July 25, 1895Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Henry S Nunn + Amelia C Kohler - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Amelia C Kohler
Birth: April 4, 1871Lykens, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: February 18, 1955Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
Marriage: August 22, 1914Maricopa, Arizona, United States
Ward + Amelia C Kohler - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Amelia C Kohler
Birth: April 4, 1871Lykens, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: February 18, 1955Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
Marriage:

Charles E Travers has 8 first cousins recorded

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Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Elias Travers - Household

Howard, Maryland, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Travers, Eliashead58MWfarmerDC
Travers, Mary Ewife40FWkeeping houseDC
Travers, Marydaughter14FWDC
Travers, Johnson10MWDC
Travers, Josephson10MWDC
Travers, Jamesson9MWDC
Travers, Charlesson5MWDC
Travers, Sidneyson3MWDC
Travers, Catherinedaughter0FWMDJan

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Elias Travers - Household

Howard, Maryland, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Travers, EliasWM68headMfarmingDCPAMD
Travers, Mary EWF48wifeMkeeping houseDCMDMD
Travers, Mary EWF24daughterSDCDCDC
Travers, John HWM21sonSfarmerDCDCDC
Travers, JosephWM20sonSfarmerDCDCDC
Travers, James WWM18sonSfarmerDCDCDC
Travers, Charles EWM15sonSfarmerDCDCDC
Travers, SidneyWM13sonSfarmerDCDCDC
Travers, KateWF9daughterSMDDCDC

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Charles E Travers - Household

Richmond, Virginia, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Travers, Charles EinmateMW75WdDC