The Shemwell Family

Mattie Elizabeth BusterAge: 63 years18811945

Name
Mattie Elizabeth Buster
Given names
Mattie Elizabeth
Surname
Buster
Married name
Mattie Elizabeth French
Birth October 12, 1881
MarriageHarry Clifford FrenchView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 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 34 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 35 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 36 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 38 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 3, 1930 (Age 48 years)
Census May 10, 1940 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 60 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 January 28, 1945 (Age 63 years)
Family with Harry Clifford French - View this family
husband
Harry Clifford French
Birth: June 30, 1889 42 31Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, United States
Death: June 4, 1956Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, United States
herself
Mattie Elizabeth Buster
Birth: October 12, 1881Missouri, United States
Death: January 28, 1945Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Marriage:

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Harry Clifford French - Household

Oregon St Louis, St Louis, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
French, HarryheadMW31MWAUSUSMotormanStreet car
French, MattiewifeFW41MMOKYMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Harry Clifford French - Household

Russell Ave. St Louis, St Louis, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
French, Harry CheadMW40MWAOHOHMotor ManStreet car
French, MattiewifeFW46MMOKYMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Harry Clifford French - Household

South Linn Fayette, Howard, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
French, Harry CXheadMW51MWARHoltMOSenior labor foremanSCS Camp
French, MattiewifeFW58MMORHoltMO