The Shemwell Family

Hellen Kennedy1890

Name
Hellen Kennedy
Given names
Hellen
Surname
Kennedy
Birth January 1890 44 30
Birth of a brotherWilliam S Kennedy
June 1892 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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 14, 1900 (Age 10 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam J Kennedy
August 28, 1905 (Age 15 years)
Census April 18, 1910 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 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 27 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 28 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 maternal grandmotherEleanor “Ellen” Clauson
November 22, 1921 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 39 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 brotherEdgar Leroy Kennedy
March 27, 1930 (Age 40 years)
Death of a motherLou Ida Sissell
June 14, 1945 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 51 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 (Age 60 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 56 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

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father
mother
Marriage: February 27, 1879Republic, Kansas, United States
8 months
elder brother
Edgar Leroy Kennedy
Birth: November 9, 1879 34 20Republic, Kansas, United States
Death: March 27, 1930Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States
23 months
elder brother
Harry Addison Kennedy
Birth: October 8, 1881 36 22Cuba, Republic, Kansas, United States
Death:
8 years
herself
Hellen Kennedy
Birth: January 1890 44 30Republic, Kansas, United States
Death:
3 years
younger brother
William S Kennedy
Birth: June 1892 46 32Republic, Kansas, United States
Death:

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William J Kennedy - Household

Richland Twp, Republic, Kansas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Kennedy, William JheadWMSep184554M21ILTNOHfarmer
Kennedy, Ida LwifeWFSep185841M2144IATNIL
Kennedy, LeroysonWMNov187920SKSILIAfarm laborer
Kennedy, Harry EsonWMOct188118SKSILIAfarm laborer
Kennedy, HellendaughterWFJan189010SKSILIA
Kennedy, William SsonWMJun18928SKSILIA

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Lou Ida Sissell - Household

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Kennedy, LouidaheadFW50Wd44IATNTNown income
Kennedy, Helen MdaughterFW20SKSILIAteacherschool
Kennedy, William SsonMW17SKSILIAprinterprinting office
Sissell, Elender TmotherFW80WdTNKYTN