The Shemwell Family

Emma Grace HendrixAge: 78 years18711949

Name
Emma Grace Hendrix
Given names
Emma Grace
Surname
Hendrix
Married name
Emma Grace Norton
Birth January 20, 1871 29 18
Birth of a sisterJessie Jane Hendrix
July 20, 1874 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a sisterAddia Hendrix
about 1879 (Age 7 years)
Census June 15, 1880 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterNora Hendrix
about 1883 (Age 11 years)
Census March 1, 1885 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a sisterRena Viola Hendrix
October 1885 (Age 14 years)
MarriageLew Wallace NortonView this family
calculated 1887 (Age 15 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Ethel Belle Norton
September 24, 1888 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Maud M Norton
November 1896 (Age 25 years)
Marriage of a parentStephen McCabeMary Ann SissellView this family
1897 (Age 25 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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 16, 1900 (Age 29 years)
Marriage of a childCharles Harry WellsEthel Belle NortonView this family
calculated 1904 (Age 32 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1
Fredrick Lew Wells
September 13, 1905 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Albert Harold Wells
October 2, 1907 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Wesley Norton Wells
April 23, 1910 (Age 39 years)
Census May 11, 1910 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 44 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 grandson
#4
Charles Harry Wells Jr.
April 25, 1918 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 45 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 46 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 10, 1920 (Age 48 years)
Death of a fatherLewis Thompson Hendrix
May 6, 1921 (Age 50 years)
Cause: Auto Accident
Death of a maternal grandmotherEleanor “Ellen” Clauson
November 22, 1921 (Age 50 years)
Marriage of a childCharles A FennoMaud M NortonView this family
calculated 1922 (Age 50 years)

Death of a grandsonAlbert Harold Wells
June 3, 1926 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 58 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 59 years)
Census June 4, 1940 (Age 69 years)
Death of a motherMary Ann Sissell
December 1942 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 70 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
Death of a husbandLew Wallace Norton
October 13, 1946 (Age 75 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 74 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 October 8, 1949 (Age 78 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 9, 1867Marion, Iowa, United States
-22 months
elder brother
5 years
elder brother
2 years
herself
Emma Grace Hendrix
Birth: January 20, 1871 29 18Iowa, United States
Death: October 8, 1949Orange, Florida, United States
4 years
younger sister
5 years
younger sister
5 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
Mother’s family with Stephen McCabe - View this family
step-father
Stephen McCabe
Birth: 1843Iowa, United States
Death: February 17, 1918Hubbell, Thayer, Nebraska, United States
mother
Marriage: 1897
Family with Lew Wallace Norton - View this family
husband
herself
Emma Grace Hendrix
Birth: January 20, 1871 29 18Iowa, United States
Death: October 8, 1949Orange, Florida, United States
Marriage: calculated 1887
21 months
daughter
8 years
daughter

Emma Grace Hendrix has 25 first cousins recorded

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Lewis Thompson Hendrix - Household

Greenfield, Rooks, Kansas

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Hendrick, LewisWM37headMStone MasonINININ
Hendrick, Mary AWF29wifeMKeeping HouseIATNTN
Hendrick, WilliamWM14sonSIAINIA
Hendrick, CharleyWM11sonSIAINIA
Hendrick, EmmaWF10daughterSIAINIA
Hendrick, JessieWF5daughterSIAINIA
Hendrick, AdiaWF11mAugdaughterSKSINIA
Sissell, EllenWF50mother in lawWdBoardingTNTNTN

CensusKansas, U.S., State Census - Census transcript - Lewis Thompson Hendrix - Household

Cuba, Republic, Kansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Hendricks, LewisheadMW43MINPlastrere
Hendricks, Mary AwifeFW35MIAWife
Hendricks, William AsonMW20SIAStone Mason
Hendricks, CharlessonMW16SIA
Hendricks, EmmadaughterFW14SIA
Hendricks, JessiedaughterFW10SIA
Hendricks, AdadaughterFW6SKS
Hendricks, NoradaughterFW2SKS

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Lew Wallace Norton - Household

Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Norton, Lew WheadWMJul186237M13IAIATNFarm Laborer
Norton,Emma GwifeWFJan187327M1322IAIATN
Norton, Ethel BdaughterWFSep188811SKSIAIA
Norton, Maud MdaughterWFNov18963SORIAIA

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Lew Wallace Norton - Household

Aline St. San Antonio, Los Angeles, California

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Norton, Lew WheadMW47M122IAOHIAMotor ManEncline Rail Road
Norton, EmmawifeFW38M12222IAKYTNSeamstressAt Home
Norton, MauddaughterFW13SORIAIA

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Lew Wallace Norton - Household

Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Norton, Lew WXheadMW77MIASame place
Norton, Emma GwifeFW68MIASame place