The Shemwell Family

Walter Thomas KittsAge: 27 years18911918

Name
Walter Thomas Kitts
Given names
Walter Thomas
Surname
Kitts
Birth June 1891 46 31
Address: Birth year/place based on 1900 Census
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 6 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
Census June 2, 1900 (Age 9 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherMark Smith
April 22, 1909 (Age 17 years)

MarriageJulia Alice TeamesView this family
June 2, 1910 (Age 19 years)
Death of a motherMary Jane Smith
June 20, 1914 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 24 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 25 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 26 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 October 13, 1918 (Age 27 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial
Identification number
LCM5-DMB
Type: FamilySearch

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 9, 1876Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
8 months
elder sister
Minnie Louisa Kitts
Birth: May 7, 1877 32 17Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
Death: December 23, 1941Los Angeles, California, United States
14 months
elder brother
William James Kitts
Birth: July 4, 1878 33 19Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
Death: June 8, 1940Los Angeles, California, United States
11 months
elder sister
4 years
elder brother
Robert John Kitts
Birth: March 25, 1883 38 23Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
Death: October 5, 1926Los Angeles, California, United States
8 years
himself
Family with Julia Alice Teames - View this family
himself
wife
Julia Alice Teames
Birth: June 16, 1891West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Death: November 14, 1956Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: June 2, 1910Los Angeles, California, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James Richard Kitts - Household

Los Angeles, California, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Kitts, James RheadWMFeb184555M23EnglandEnglandEngland186738NShoemakerYesYesYesRH
Kitts, Mary JwifeWFJun185940M2355EnglandEnglandEngland187030YesYesYes
Kitts, William JsonWMJul187822SSCanadaEnglandEngland188614Jewler MfgYesYesYes
Kitts, Robert JsonWMMar188317SSCanadaEnglandEngland188614Apprentice PhotogYesYesYes
Kitts, Walter TsonWMJun18919SSCaliforniaEnglandEnglandAt School