The Shemwell Family

Frank Mitchell CareyAge: 73 years18711944

Name
Frank Mitchell Carey
Given names
Frank Mitchell
Surname
Carey
Birth December 4, 1871
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 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 26 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 44 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 45 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 46 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/
MarriageMinnie May MosherView this family
March 31, 1919 (Age 47 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 57 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 26, 1930 (Age 58 years)
Census April 18, 1940 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 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 December 23, 1944 (Age 73 years)
Family with Minnie May Mosher - View this family
himself
Frank Mitchell Carey
Birth: December 4, 1871Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, United States
Death: December 23, 1944Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
wife
Marriage: March 31, 1919
Claude M Cook + Minnie May Mosher - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: October 9, 1911Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
11 months
step-son
George Waldon Cook
Birth: August 31, 1912 25 17Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Death: January 8, 1984Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
2 years
step-son
Herbert Isaiah Cook
Birth: October 23, 1914 27 19Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Death: July 2, 1990Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
2 years
step-son
Cecil Everett Cook
Birth: January 20, 1917 29 21Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Death: April 14, 1980Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Frank Mitchell Carey - Household

215 North Lime Street Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Carey, Frank MheadMW55M26INININTool IssuerRailroad Shop
Carey, Minnie MwifeFW34M14KSKSKS
Cook, George Wstep sonMW17SKSMOKSPainter ApprenticeRailroad Shop
Cook, Herbert Istep sonMW15SKSMOKS
Cook, Cecil Estep sonMW13SKSMOKS

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Frank Mitchell Carey - Household

424 Lake Street Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Carey, FrankXheadMW66MINSame Place
Carey, Minnie CwifeFW44MKSSame Place
Cook, Herbert Istep sonMW25SKSSame PlaceHelperSteam Railroad Co.