The Shemwell Family

Edith Indiana CassardAge: 43 years18981942

Name
Edith Indiana Cassard
Given names
Edith Indiana
Surname
Cassard
Married name
Edith Indiana Cull
Birth April 1, 1898 33 38
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898
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 maternal grandmotherMary Eliza Shemwell
January 14, 1900 (Age 21 months)
Census June 2, 1900 (Age 2 years)
Census May 12, 1910 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Religious marriageClarence Harvey CullView this family
October 22, 1918 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 18 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 19 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 fatherWilliam Gilbert Cassard
June 29, 1919 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#1
William Cassard Cull
September 30, 1919 (Age 21 years)
Census January 4, 1920 (Age 21 years)
Death of a sisterCorrine Cassard
December 31, 1926 (Age 28 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 31 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
DivorceClarence Harvey CullView this family
before 1930 (Age 31 years)

Census April 9, 1930 (Age 32 years)
Death of a husbandClarence Harvey Cull
January 20, 1934 (Age 35 years)
Cause: Suicide by hanging
Census May 8, 1940 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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 January 21, 1942 (Age 43 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Pauls Episcopal Church Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 2, 1887Calvert, Maryland, United States
1 year
elder sister
Mary Emily Cassard
Birth: February 21, 1888 23 28Maryland, United States
Death: January 19, 1946Calvert, Maryland, United States
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
5 years
herself
Family with Clarence Harvey Cull - View this family
ex-husband
Clarence Harvey Cull
Birth: December 15, 1895Michigan, United States
Death: January 20, 1934Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
herself
Marriage: October 22, 1918Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Divorce: before 1930
11 months
son
William Cassard Cull
Birth: September 30, 1919 23 21Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Death:

Edith Indiana Cassard has 3 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Edith Virginia Dowell - Household

Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Cassard, Edith VheadWFApr186634M1344MDMDMD
Cassard, Mary EdaughterWFFeb188812MMDMDMD
Cassard, PaulsonWMAug18909SMDMDMD
Cassard, CorrinedaughterWFJul18936SMDMDMD
Cassard, IndianadaughterWFApr18982SMDMDMD

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Gilbert Cassard - Household

Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Cassard, William GheadMW46M23MDMDMDChaplainUnited States Navy
Cassard, Edith VwifeFW44M2344MDMDMD
Cassard, Mary EdaughterFW22SMDMDMD
Cassard, PaulsonMW19SMDMDMD
Cassard, CorrinedaughterFW14SMDMDMD
Cassard, Edith IdaughterFW12SMDMDMD

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Clarence H Cull - Household

Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Cull, Clarence HheadMW34MMIMICanadabrokerstocks and bonds
Cull, IndianawifeFW20MMDMDMD
Cassard, Edithmother in lawFW57WdMDMDMD
Cull, WilliamsonMW3 monthsSMIMIMD

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Edith Virginia Dowell - Household

Calvert, Maryland, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Cassard, Edith VheadFW69MMDMDMD
Cassard, IndianadaughterFW30DMDMDMD
Cull, WilliamgrandsonMW10SMIMIMD

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Edith Indiana Cassard - Household

Carroll, Maryland, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Cassard, IndianaFW42WdMD

Living in State Hospital