The Shemwell Family

Nora Hendrix1883

Name
Nora Hendrix
Given names
Nora
Surname
Hendrix
Birth about 1883 41 30
Census March 1, 1885 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterRena Viola Hendrix
October 1885 (Age 2 years)
Marriage of a parentStephen McCabeMary Ann SissellView this family
1897 (Age 14 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 33 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 34 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 35 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 fatherLewis Thompson Hendrix
May 6, 1921 (Age 38 years)
Cause: Auto Accident
Death of a maternal grandmotherEleanor “Ellen” Clauson
November 22, 1921 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 46 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 motherMary Ann Sissell
December 1942 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 58 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 sisterEmma Grace Hendrix
October 8, 1949 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 67 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 63 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: November 9, 1867Marion, Iowa, United States
-22 months
elder brother
5 years
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
Emma Grace Hendrix
Birth: January 20, 1871 29 18Iowa, United States
Death: October 8, 1949Orange, Florida, United States
4 years
elder sister
5 years
elder sister
5 years
herself
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

Nora Hendrix has 25 first cousins recorded

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