The Shemwell Family

Mary Jane ConwayAge: 77 years18641942

Name
Mary Jane Conway
Given names
Mary Jane
Surname
Conway
Married name
Mary Jane Cramer
Birth May 20, 1864
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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 2 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 2 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 4 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 13 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Religious marriageStandard Dewitt CramerView this family
January 25, 1883 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Ernest D Cramer
March 1887 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Ethel Cramer
September 1888 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Cornelia Cramer
April 1891 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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
Birth of a daughter
#4
Susan Cramer
September 1898 (Age 34 years)
Census June 2, 1900 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Gertrude Cramer
1902 (Age 37 years)
Census May 12, 1910 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 51 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 52 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 53 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 8, 1920 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 65 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 5, 1930 (Age 65 years)
Death of a husbandStandard Dewitt Cramer
January 8, 1938 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 77 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 March 3, 1942 (Age 77 years)
Family with Standard Dewitt Cramer - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: January 25, 1883Cooper, Missouri, United States
4 years
son
19 months
daughter
Ethel Cramer
Birth: September 1888 29 24Missouri, United States
Death:
3 years
daughter
8 years
daughter
Susan Cramer
Birth: September 1898 39 34Missouri, United States
Death:
4 years
daughter

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Stanard Cramer - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Cramer, StanardheadWMJun186040M15MOMOMOfarm laborer
Cramer, MolliewifeWFMay186440M1564MOMOMO
Cramer, Ernest DsonWMMar188713SMOMOMO
Cramer, EtheldaughterWFSep188811SMOMOMO
Cramer, CorneliadaughterWFApr18919SMOMOMO
Cramer, SusandaughterWFSep18981SMOMOMO

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Standard Cramer - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Cramer, StandardheadMW52M25MOMOMOfarmer
Cramer, Mary JanewifeFW45M2575MOMOMO
Cramer, CorneliadaughterFW17SMOMOMO
Cramer, SusandaughterFW10SMOMOMO
Cramer, GertrudedaughterFW8SMOMOMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Standard Cramer - Household

Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Cramer, StandardheadMW61MMOMOMOlaborerodd jobs
Cramer, MolliewifeFW53MMOMOMO
Cramer, Ernest DsonMW31SMOMOMOlaborerodd jobs

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Standard Cramer - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Cramer, Standard DheadMW70M22MOMOMOfarmer
Cramer, Mary JwifeFW64M20MOMOMO