The Shemwell Family

Anna E TraversAge: 70 years18791950

Name
Anna E Travers
Given names
Anna E
Surname
Travers
Married name
Anna E Dooner
Note: adopted
Birth March 1879 48 29
Note: Adopted
Census June 3, 1880 (Age 15 months)
Death of a sisterIda Travers
September 20, 1882 (Age 3 years)
Death of a fatherJames H Travers
November 1, 1883 (Age 4 years)
Census 1885 (Age 5 years)
Marriage of a parentWilliam H O'BrienSophia Virginia GraysonView this family
1886 (Age 6 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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 8, 1900 (Age 21 years)
MarriageWilliam Joseph DoonerView this family
about 1912 (Age 32 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Hope Dooner
December 2, 1913 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 36 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 motherSophia Virginia Grayson
June 2, 1917 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 37 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 38 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/
Birth of a daughter
#2
Elizabeth Dooner
about 1919 (Age 39 years)
Census January 15, 1920 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 50 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 husbandWilliam Joseph Dooner
June 15, 1932 (Age 53 years)
Death of a daughterElizabeth Dooner
November 17, 1940 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 62 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 (on the date of death)
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 66 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 after 1950 (Age 70 years)

Family with adoptive parents - View this family
father
James H Travers
Birth: about 1831 62 41Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: November 1, 1883Ocean, New Jersey, United States
mother
Marriage: 1865Alexandria, Virginia, United States
7 years
elder sister
Ida Travers
Birth: May 29, 1872 41 22Maryland, United States
Death: September 20, 1882Maryland, United States
7 years
herself
Mother’s family with William H O'Brien - View this family
step-father
William H O'Brien
Birth: September 1838Ireland
Death: August 1, 1904Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
mother
Marriage: 1886
Family with William Joseph Dooner - View this family
husband
William Joseph Dooner
Birth: June 26, 1877Pennsylvania, United States
Death: June 15, 1932Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
herself
Marriage: about 1912
23 months
daughter
Hope Dooner
Birth: December 2, 1913 36 34Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: April 1980Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
6 years
daughter
Elizabeth Dooner
Birth: about 1919 41 39Pennsylvania, United States
Death: November 17, 1940Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Anna E Travers has 13 first cousins recorded

Birth
Adopted
Census1880 United States - Census transcript - James Travers - Household

Saint Michaels, Talbot, Maryland

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Travers, JamesWM47headMFarmerDCPNMD
Travers, Sarah VWF27wifeMVAVAVA
Travers, IdaWF8adopted daughterSMDMDMD
Travers, AnnieWF2adopted daughterSMDMDMD

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William H O'Brien - Household

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
O'Brien, William HheadWMSep183861M14IrelandIrelandIreland186832NAAttorney
O'Brien, Sophia VwifeWFOct184950M1421VAVAVA
Travers, Ann Estep daughterWFMar187921SMDDCVA

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Joseph Dooner - Household

4705 Sackner Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Dooner, William JheadMW43MPAIrelandVenezulaManagerHotel
Dooner, Anna EwifeFW41MNYVAVA
Dooner, Mary HdaughterFW6SPAPANY
Dooner, ElizabethdaughterFW1-1mSPAPANY

Name
adopted