The Shemwell Family

James Emery FosterAge: 51 years18771928

Name
James Emery Foster
Given names
James Emery
Surname
Foster
Birth March 23, 1877
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 months)

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 21 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
MarriageMaude Nora HollandView this family
November 10, 1901 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Basil Kenneth Foster
July 18, 1903 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Wanetta Foster
February 15, 1906 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Harold Foster
December 17, 1907 (Age 30 years)
Death of a daughterWanetta Foster
November 14, 1908 (Age 31 years)
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Ruby Evelyn Foster
August 23, 1912 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Infant Foster
December 23, 1916 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 38 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a daughterInfant Foster
January 24, 1917 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Dave Foster
November 13, 1917 (Age 40 years)
Death of a sonDave Foster
November 13, 1917 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 39 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 40 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/
Birth of a daughter
#7
Loretta Foster
June 26, 1919 (Age 42 years)
twin: Marietta “Mary Etta” Foster
Birth of a daughter
#8
Marietta “Mary Etta” Foster
June 26, 1919 (Age 42 years)
twin: Loretta Foster
Birth of a son
#9
Leon Foster
August 28, 1923 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Billie Mae Foster
1924 (Age 46 years)
Marriage of a childBasil Kenneth FosterMyrtle Amanda AlversView this family
January 3, 1924 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Basil Kenneth “Kenny” Foster Jr
August 5, 1927 (Age 50 years)
Death June 19, 1928 (Age 51 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sandy Branch Cemetery
Family with Maude Nora Holland - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: November 10, 1901Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States
20 months
son
3 years
daughter
Wanetta Foster
Birth: February 15, 1906 28 21Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: November 14, 1908Marion, Illinois, United States
22 months
son
Harold Foster
Birth: December 17, 1907 30 23Alma, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: December 7, 1997Fairview Heights, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
5 years
daughter
Ruby Evelyn Foster
Birth: August 23, 1912 35 28Alma, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death:
4 years
daughter
Infant Foster
Birth: December 23, 1916 39 32Foster, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: January 24, 1917Foster, Marion, Illinois, United States
11 months
son
Dave Foster
Birth: November 13, 1917 40 33Alma, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: November 13, 1917Alma, Marion, Illinois, United States
19 months
daughter
Loretta Foster
Birth: June 26, 1919 42 35Assumption, Christian, Illinois, United States
Death: January 15, 1999Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
daughter
Marietta “Mary Etta” Foster
Birth: June 26, 1919 42 35Assumption, Christian, Illinois, United States
Death: January 17, 1993East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
4 years
son
Leon Foster
Birth: August 28, 1923 46 39Assumption, Christian, Illinois, United States
Death: October 29, 2014Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
Henry Nagle + Maude Nora Holland - View this family
wife’s husband
wife

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Emery Foster - Household

Poplar Street Patoka, Marion, Illinois

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Foster, EmeryheadMW32M19ILGAILLaborerOdd Jobs
Foster, MaudewifeFW23M1932MOILIA
Foster, BasilsonMW6SILILMO
Foster, HaroldsonMW2SILILMO