The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth ShieldsAge: 58 years18641923

Name
Elizabeth Shields
Given names
Elizabeth
Surname
Shields
Married name
Elizabeth Foster
Birth August 19, 1864
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 2 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 2 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 4 years)

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 13 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 33 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 51 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
MarriageJohn Robert Foster SrView this family
about October 1917 (Age 53 years)
Note: Marriage info taken from Findagrave
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 52 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 53 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 12, 1920 (Age 55 years)
Death July 24, 1923 (Age 58 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Brock Cemetery
Family with John Robert Foster Sr - View this family
husband
herself
Elizabeth Shields
Birth: August 19, 1864Centralia, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: July 24, 1923Centralia, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage: about October 1917Pennsylvania, United States
John Robert Foster Sr + Jane Elizabeth Wills - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: about 1881
15 months
step-son
14 months
step-daughter
4 years
step-daughter
3 years
step-son
James Harrison Foster
Birth: November 1889 26 28Pennsylvania, United States
Death: April 4, 1911Centralia, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
13 months
step-son
20 months
step-daughter
17 months
step-son
Charles Henry Foster
Birth: January 11, 1894 30 33Centralia, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: June 7, 1971Mount Carmel, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
3 years
step-son
Matthew Edward Foster
Birth: December 24, 1896 33 35Centralia, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: November 13, 1972Pennsylvania, United States
11 months
step-daughter
Eva Mae Foster
Birth: December 7, 1897 34 36Centralia, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: May 26, 1935Ashland, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
step-son
Eli Foster
Birth: December 16, 1897 34 36Centralia, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: before 1900Pennsylvania, United States
3 years
step-daughter
Blanche V Foster
Birth: March 18, 1901 37 40Aristes, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: March 19, 1902Centralia, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
1 year
step-son
William Alfred Foster
Birth: March 5, 1902 38 41Centralia, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: December 14, 1951Mount Carmel, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

No family available

Marriage
Marriage info taken from Findagrave
Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John Robert Foster Sr - Household

Centralia, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Foster, John RheadRMW58M1886Na1891YesYesEnglandEnglishEnglandEnglishEnglandEnglishYesWagon driverCoalOA
Foster, ElizabethwifeFW55MYesYesPennsylvaniaEnglishEnglandEnglishEnglandEnglishYesNone
Foster, Matthew EsonMW24SYesYesPennsylvaniaEnglishEnglandEnglishPennsylvaniaEnglishYesLaborerCoal mineW
Foster, William AsonMW18SNoYesYesPennsylvaniaEnglishEnglandEnglishPennsylvaniaEnglishYesDriverCoal mineW