The Shemwell Family

Eva V McKee1869

Name
Eva V McKee
Given names
Eva V
Surname
McKee
Also known as
Ava V McKee
Married name
Eva V Drown
Birth about August 1869 32 31
Note: Birth year/place based on 1870 Census
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869

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
Census August 26, 1870 (Age 12 months)
Birth of a sisterTama McKee
about 1874 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 8 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 9, 1880 (Age 10 years)
MarriageHiram Thomas DrownView this family
January 7, 1888 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 46 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 47 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 48 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 60 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 of a husbandHiram Thomas Drown
January 5, 1941 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 72 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 80 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 76 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: February 2, 1860Conway, Arkansas, United States
10 years
herself
5 years
younger sister
Father’s family with Nancy Adaline McGehee - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: March 11, 1858Conway, Arkansas, United States
Family with Hiram Thomas Drown - View this family
husband
Hiram Thomas Drown
Birth: December 12, 1862West Virginia, United States
Death: January 5, 1941Wayne, West Virginia, United States
herself
Marriage: January 7, 1888White, Arkansas, United States

Eva V McKee has 5 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Birth
Birth year/place based on 1870 Census
Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Green Henry McKee - Household

Breckinridge, Jackson, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
McKee, Green Hhead33MWWorks on FarmKY1
McKee, Nancy Lwife40FWKeeping HouseAR11
McKee, Ava Vdaughter10/12FWARYAug

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - W Henry Green McKee - Household

ED 286 Red River, White, Arkansas, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
McKee, WWM42headMFarmerKYTNTN
McKee, N LWF38wifeMKeeping HouseARKYKY
McKee, EvaWF11daughterSARARAR
McKee, TamaWF6daughterSARARAR
J H CargileWM41brother-in-lawWdFarmerARKYKY
Annie CargileWF11nieceSARARAR
Lula CargileWF9nieceSARARAR
Mary CargileWF6nieceSARARAR
Pearl CargileWF2nieceSARARAR