The Shemwell Family

Mary Ann MorrisAge: 79 years18681947

Name
Mary Ann Morris
Given names
Mary Ann
Surname
Morris
Married name
Mary Ann Hunt
Birth September 28, 1868
Children
Adopted

Note: 1910 Census says Nephi & Lizzie are adopted.. Winifred's birth certificate says she was a Jephson. -b
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 months)

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 9 years)

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 29 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
MarriageJohn Alexander Hunt JrView this family
April 10, 1907 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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 husbandJohn Alexander Hunt Jr
September 1, 1926 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 61 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 77 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 8, 1947 (Age 79 years)
Family with John Alexander Hunt Jr - View this family
husband
John Alexander Hunt Jr
Birth: August 3, 1866 36 32St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
Death: September 1, 1926Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
herself
Mary Ann Morris
Birth: September 28, 1868England
Death: November 8, 1947Cache, Utah, United States
Marriage: April 10, 1907Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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Children
1910 Census says Nephi & Lizzie are adopted.. Winifred's birth certificate says she was a Jephson. -b