The Shemwell Family

Mary L “Mollie” Travers1884

Name
Mary L “Mollie” Travers
Given names
Mary L
Surname
Travers
Nickname
Mollie
Birth December 1884 25 28
Birth of a sisterMinnie E Travers
February 1886 (Age 14 months)
Death of a paternal grandfatherElias Travers
April 21, 1887 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Sidney Travers
November 2, 1888 (Age 3 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary E Warner
April 26, 1896 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 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 June 4, 1900 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 31 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 32 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 33 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/
Death of a brotherCharles Elias Travers
July 28, 1929 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 44 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 fatherJohn H Travers
June 15, 1930 (Age 45 years)
Death of a motherCatherine J
November 23, 1933 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 57 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 65 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 brotherJohn Sidney Travers
December 24, 1961 (Age 77 years)
Death of a sisterMinnie E Travers
February 1970 (Age 85 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 61 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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father
mother
Marriage: 1881
1 year
elder brother
Charles Elias Travers
Birth: January 7, 1882 22 25Maryland, United States
Death: July 28, 1929Elkridge, Howard, Maryland, United States
3 years
herself
15 months
younger sister
Minnie E Travers
Birth: February 1886 27 29Maryland, United States
Death: February 1970Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland, United States
3 years
younger brother
John Sidney Travers
Birth: November 2, 1888 29 31Laurel, Prince George's, Maryland, United States
Death: December 24, 1961Elkridge, Howard, Maryland, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - John H Travers - Household

Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Travers, John HheadWMJan185942M19DCMDDC
Travers, Catherine JwifeWFDec185643M1944MDDCMD
Travers, Charles EsonWMJan188218SMDDCMD
Travers, Mollie LdaughterWFDec188415SMDDCMD
Travers, Minnie EdaughterWFFeb188614SMDDCMD
Travers, SidneysonWMNov188811SMDDCMD