The Shemwell Family

Andrew Jackson ElderAge: 79 years18511931

Name
Andrew Jackson Elder
Given names
Andrew Jackson
Surname
Elder
Birth October 13, 1851
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 5 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 9 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 15 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 15 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 17 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 26 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 46 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
MarriageMarinda Jane “Jennie” SissellView this family
November 18, 1903 (Age 52 years)
Census May 13, 1910 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 64 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 65 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 66 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 9, 1920 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 77 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 17, 1930 (Age 78 years)
Death August 28, 1931 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hubbell Cemetery
Family with Marinda Jane “Jennie” Sissell - View this family
himself
Andrew Jackson Elder
Birth: October 13, 1851Wayne, Wayne, Ohio, United States
Death: August 28, 1931Hubbell, Thayer, Nebraska, United States
wife
Marriage: November 18, 1903Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States
Brown + Marinda Jane “Jennie” Sissell - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage:
William H Jordan + Marinda Jane “Jennie” Sissell - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: April 25, 1875Lucas, Iowa, United States
18 months
step-daughter
Armantha Jordan
Birth: October 29, 1876 23 20Marion, Iowa, United States
Death: April 12, 1959Seattle, King, Washington, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Andrew Jackson Elder - Household

Lincoln, Washington

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Elder, Andy JheadMW56M6MIUSUSBlacksmith
Elder, Marinda JwifeFW52M611IATNTNDress Maker

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Sheldon Lewis Chase - Household

Sheridan Road Chicago, Cook, IL

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Elder, JanelodgerFW62MIAUSUS
Elder, Andrew JlodgerMW67MOHUSUSBlacksmithOwn Shop

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Andrew Jackson Elder - Household

Durham Street Hubbell, Thayer, Nebraska

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Elder, AndrewheadMW79MILILIL
Elder, JanewifeFW72M19IATNTN