The Shemwell Family

Lorenza R “Lowe” CarrickAge: 69 years18681938

Name
Lorenza R “Lowe” Carrick
Given names
Lorenza R
Surname
Carrick
Nickname
Lowe
Birth February 28, 1868 54 40
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 10 months)

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
Census August 12, 1870 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 15, 1880 (Age 12 years)
Death of a motherLucinda “Lucy” Nooe
October 17, 1887 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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
Death of a fatherJohn Henry Carrick Jr
October 4, 1898 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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 sisterOllia Carrick
November 22, 1926 (Age 58 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Ellen “Sallie” Carrick
April 2, 1927 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 61 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 brotherBennett Carrick
February 17, 1933 (Age 64 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Carrick
May 22, 1935 (Age 67 years)
Death January 27, 1938 (Age 69 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: February 4, 1848Davidson, North Carolina, United States
10 months
elder sister
16 months
elder brother
Thomas Carrick
Birth: April 11, 1850 36 22Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 22, 1935High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder brother
22 months
elder sister
Ollia Carrick
Birth: November 15, 1853 40 25Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 22, 1926Healing Springs, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
4 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
4 years
elder brother
Jeremiah Carrick
Birth: 1862 48 33Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death:
21 months
elder brother
Bennett Carrick
Birth: October 11, 1863 50 35Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 17, 1933Siler City, Chatham, North Carolina, United States
4 years
himself
Lorenza R “Lowe” Carrick
Birth: February 28, 1868 54 40Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 27, 1938Healing Spring, Davidson, North Carolina, United States

Lorenza R “Lowe” Carrick has 32 first cousins recorded

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - John Henry Carrick - Household

Davidson, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Carrick, John Jrhead57MWfarmerNC
Carrick, Lucywife45FWNC
Carrick, Thomasson15MWfarm laborerNC
Carrick, Columbusson18MWfarm laborerNC
Carrick, Olliedaughter16MWNC
Carrick, William son14MWNC
Carrick, Johnson10MWNC
Carrick, Jeremiahson8MWNC
Carrick, Bennettson6MWNC
Carrick, Lorenzadaughter4FWNC

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - John Henry Carrick - Household

Healing Springs, Davidson, North Carolina,

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Carrick, John WM65headMfarmerNCNCNC
Carrick, LucyWF56wifeMNCNCNC
Carrick, StokesWM23sonSNCNCNC
Carrick, OllieWF22daughterSNCNCNC
Carrick, JohnWM20sonSNCNCNC
Carrick, BennettWM19sonSNCNCNC
Carrick, LoweWM15sonSNCNCNC