The Shemwell Family

Catherine Elizabeth “Kate” FrostAge: 31 years18871918

Name
Catherine Elizabeth “Kate” Frost
Given names
Catherine Elizabeth
Surname
Frost
Nickname
Kate
Married name
Catherine Elizabeth Skelton
Birth May 12, 1887 30 26
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam English Frost
June 19, 1889 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Eugene “Gene” Frost
May 8, 1890 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherGeorge Michael Frost Sr.
April 22, 1894 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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 28 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 29 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 30 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 November 29, 1918 (Age 31 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Seligman Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: December 21, 1884Seligman, Barry, Missouri, United States
10 months
elder sister
Adeline Bridgett “Ada” Frost
Birth: October 14, 1885 28 24Seligman, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: January 16, 1954Hays, Ellis, Kansas, United States
19 months
herself
Catherine Elizabeth “Kate” Frost
Birth: May 12, 1887 30 26Seligman, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: November 29, 1918Seligman, Barry, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger brother
William Eugene “Gene” Frost
Birth: May 8, 1890 33 29Seligman, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: May 3, 1955Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States
4 years
younger brother
George Michael Frost Sr.
Birth: April 22, 1894 36 33Seligman, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: October 16, 1976Overland Park, Johnson, Kansas, United States