The Shemwell Family

Rosetta WarnerAge: 81 years18551937

Name
Rosetta Warner
Given names
Rosetta
Surname
Warner
Birth December 20, 1855 21 17
Birth of a brotherJonah Leander Warner
December 15, 1858 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 months)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 13, 1860 (Age 4 years)
Note: Maria Welch was divorced from George Warner and living in her parent's house with her children
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 years)

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 11 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 11 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Marriage of a parentGeorge WarnerElizabeth SteenView this family
December 24, 1868 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a half-sisterRose Ella Warner
October 2, 1869 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 13 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
Birth of a half-brotherEdgar J Warner
October 27, 1871 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWilliam J Warner
May 14, 1874 (Age 18 years)
Death of a half-sisterRose Ella Warner
September 25, 1875 (Age 19 years)
Death of a half-brotherWilliam J Warner
October 1, 1875 (Age 19 years)
Death of a half-brotherEdgar J Warner
October 4, 1875 (Age 19 years)
Death of a motherMaria Dubois Welch
April 2, 1877 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a half-sisterNellie Dell Warner
September 2, 1877 (Age 21 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherEliza Deliliah Ullery
September 9, 1877 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 22 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a half-brotherBertie Steen Warner
March 19, 1881 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 half-sisterNellie Dell Warner
April 9, 1900 (Age 44 years)
Marriage of a parentGeorge WarnerOlive Elizabeth SinerView this family
May 6, 1903 (Age 47 years)
Death of a fatherGeorge Warner
February 3, 1914 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 60 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 61 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 62 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 brotherJonah Leander Warner
November 18, 1927 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 73 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 March 26, 1937 (Age 81 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Washington Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: May 21, 1855Mahaska, Iowa, United States
7 months
herself
Rosetta Warner
Birth: December 20, 1855 21 17Mahaska, Iowa, United States
Death: March 26, 1937Washington, Kansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Jonah Leander Warner
Birth: December 15, 1858 24 20Sigourney, Keokuk, Iowa, United States
Death: November 18, 1927Morrowville, Washington, Kansas, United States
Father’s family with Elizabeth Steen - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: December 24, 1868Champaign, Illinois, United States
9 months
half-sister
Rose Ella Warner
Birth: October 2, 1869 35 20Illinois, United States
Death: September 25, 1875Illinois, United States
2 years
half-brother
Edgar J Warner
Birth: October 27, 1871 37 22Illinois, United States
Death: October 4, 1875Illinois, United States
3 years
half-brother
William J Warner
Birth: May 14, 1874 40 24Illinois, United States
Death: October 1, 1875Illinois, United States
3 years
half-sister
Nellie Dell Warner
Birth: September 2, 1877 43 28Illinois, United States
Death: April 9, 1900Illinois, United States
4 years
half-brother
Bertie Steen Warner
Birth: March 19, 1881 47 31Mahomet, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Death: December 6, 1950Ashton, Lee, Illinois, United States
Father’s family with Olive Elizabeth Siner - View this family
father
step-mother
Olive Elizabeth Siner
Birth: May 17, 1854East Bend, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Death: September 13, 1912Mahomet, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Marriage: May 6, 1903Champaign, Illinois, United States

Rosetta Warner has 7 first cousins recorded

Mother's family (0)

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - William Welch - Household

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
William Welchhead47MWFarmer800300England
Julia A Welchwife43FWNY
Maria Warnerdaughter22FWOH
Rosetta Warnergrand-daughter4FWIA
Jonas Warnergrand-son1MWIA

Census
Maria Welch was divorced from George Warner and living in her parent's house with her children