The Shemwell Family

Waid Madison WebbAge: 73 years18821955

Name
Waid Madison Webb
Given names
Waid Madison
Surname
Webb
Birth August 8, 1882 26 22
Birth of a brotherDorsey R Webb
October 5, 1885 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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 brotherDorsey R Webb
before 1900 (Age 17 years)

Death of a siblingInfant Webb
before 1900 (Age 17 years)

Census June 8, 1900 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Helen Webb
November 15, 1914 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 33 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 34 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 35 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 20, 1920 (Age 37 years)
Death of a motherMary Catherine “Molly” Huff
December 16, 1925 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 47 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 12, 1930 (Age 47 years)
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 59 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 of a wifeMary Elizabeth Waterfield
December 28, 1950 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 67 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 63 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death November 15, 1955 (Age 73 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 29, 1879Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
himself
Waid Madison Webb
Birth: August 8, 1882 26 22Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 15, 1955Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger brother
Dorsey R Webb
Birth: October 5, 1885 29 25Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: before 1900
sibling
Mother’s family with Frank Collins - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage:
Family with Mary Elizabeth Waterfield - View this family
himself
Waid Madison Webb
Birth: August 8, 1882 26 22Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 15, 1955Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
wife
daughter
Mary Helen Webb
Birth: November 15, 1914 32 31Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: May 18, 2007Odessa, Lafayette, Missouri, United States
son
Private
William F Ray + Mary Elizabeth Waterfield - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
step-son
Albert Franklin Ray
Birth: May 22, 1904 40 20Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death:
step-daughter
Private

Waid Madison Webb has 10 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Albert Webb - Household

Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Webb, AlbertheadWMMar185743M22MOVAKYgrocer
Webb, Marie CwifeWFJan186040M2231MOVAVA
Webb, Waid sonWMAug188217SMOMOMO