The Shemwell Family

Dorothy Sidney RohrerAge: 105 years18931999

Name
Dorothy Sidney Rohrer
Given names
Dorothy Sidney
Surname
Rohrer
Married name
Dorothy Sidney Boteler
Birth February 26, 1893 42 26
Death of a maternal grandmotherSidney Virginia Travers
August 17, 1895 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Henry Rohrer
September 28, 1895 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Travers Rohrer
May 11, 1896 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherFrank Sheppard Rohrer
October 4, 1897 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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 sisterMargaret Elizabeth Rohrer
May 21, 1899 (Age 6 years)
Census June 5, 1900 (Age 7 years)
Census April 27, 1910 (Age 17 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Henry Jewell Rohrer
April 2, 1914 (Age 21 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Alice Mitchell Boteler
August 2, 1917 (Age 24 years)
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/
Birth of a daughter
#2
Dorothy Sidney Boteler
April 22, 1919 (Age 26 years)
Census January 3, 1920 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#3
George Gittings Boteler
August 26, 1921 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 36 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 10, 1930 (Age 37 years)
Death of a motherAlice Virginia Mitchell
July 30, 1933 (Age 40 years)
Census April 10, 1940 (Age 47 years)
Marriage of a childBernard Emilio NunezAlice Mitchell BotelerView this family
June 26, 1941 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Clarke Worthington III
December 23, 1941 (Age 48 years)

Death of a sisterMargaret Elizabeth Rohrer
October 27, 1943 (Age 50 years)

Death of a brotherWilliam Henry Rohrer
February 23, 1945 (Age 51 years)

Note: WWII
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Sidney Boteler Worthington
February 17, 1949 (Age 55 years)

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
Death of a brotherRobert Travers Rohrer
after 1958 (Age 64 years)

Note: Name: Robert Travers Rohrer
Note: Name: Robert T Rohrer
Death of a husbandBasil DeLashmutt Boteler
March 4, 1960 (Age 67 years)
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 of a brotherFrank Sheppard Rohrer
October 22, 1978 (Age 85 years)
Death of a granddaughterSidney Boteler Worthington
February 5, 1990 (Age 96 years)

Death of a grandsonClarke Worthington III
December 2, 1990 (Age 97 years)
Death of a daughterAlice Mitchell Boteler
February 22, 1997 (Age 103 years)
Death February 6, 1999 (Age 105 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: April 28, 1892Washington, District of Columbia, United States
10 months
herself
Dorothy Sidney Rohrer
Birth: February 26, 1893 42 26Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: February 6, 1999Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States
3 years
younger brother
William Henry Rohrer
Birth: September 28, 1895 44 29Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: February 23, 1945
7 months
younger brother
17 months
younger brother
Frank Sheppard Rohrer
Birth: October 4, 1897 46 31Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: October 22, 1978Los Angeles, California, United States
20 months
younger sister
Family with Basil DeLashmutt Boteler - View this family
husband
herself
Dorothy Sidney Rohrer
Birth: February 26, 1893 42 26Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: February 6, 1999Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States
daughter
Alice Mitchell Boteler
Birth: August 2, 1917 35 24Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: February 22, 1997Bethesda, Montgomery, Maryland, United States
21 months
daughter
2 years
son
George Gittings Boteler
Birth: August 26, 1921 39 28Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death:
daughter
Private
son
Private

Dorothy Sidney Rohrer has 3 first cousins recorded

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William Henry Jewell Rohrer - Household

1106 14th Avenue Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Rohrer, William HheadWMDec185049M8PAPAPAChief Clerk P.R.R.
Rohrer, AlicewifeWFJun186733M855MDMDMD
Rohrer, Dorothy SdaughterWFFeb18937MPAPAMDAt School
Rohrer, William HsonWMSep18945SPAPAMDAt School
Rohrer, Robert TsonWMMay18964SPAPAMD
Rohrer, Frank SsonWMSep18972SPAPAMD
Rohrer, Margaret EdaughterWFMay18991SPAPAMD

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Henry Jewell Rohrer - Household

Washington, District of Columbia

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Rohrer, William HheadMW59M118PAPAPAManufacturerIron Car Works Emp.
Rohrer, Alice VwifeFW43M11855MDVADC
Rohrer, Dorothy SdaughterFW17MPAPADC
Rohrer, William HsonMW15SPAPADC
Rohrer, Robert TsonMW13SPAPADC
Rohrer, F SheppardsonMW12SPAPADC
Rohrer, Margaret EdaughterFW10SPAPADC

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Alice Virginia Mitchell - Household

1517 Washington, District of Columbia

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Rohrer, Alice VheadFW52WdMDMDMD
Rohrer, F SheppardsonMW22SPAPAMDOffice Asst.US Ship Bd
Rohrer, Margaret EdaughterFW20SPAPAMD
Boteler, Basil Dson in lawMW36MMDMDMDLawyer
Boteler, Dorothy LdaughterFW26MPAPAPA
Boteler, Alicegrand daughterFW2-6mSDCPAMD
Boteler, Sidneygrand daughterFW8mSDCPAMD