The Shemwell Family

Louvernia LoweryAge: 82 years18661949

Name
Louvernia Lowery
Given names
Louvernia
Surname
Lowery
Married name
Louvernia Walker
Birth August 3, 1866
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 4 months)
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 4 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 2 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 11 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageJames Young WalkerView this family
about 1884 (Age 17 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Elijah Munroe Walker
October 14, 1884 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary Ellen Walker
April 27, 1887 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Henry Clay Walker
September 7, 1889 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Annie May Walker
February 17, 1892 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#5
James Clyde Walker
June 15, 1894 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Charles Lee Walker
April 13, 1897 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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
Birth of a son
#7
John Y Walker
about 1902 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#8
William W Walker
about 1905 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a daughter
#9
Lou Madeline Walker
September 21, 1907 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a daughter
#10
Ruby Adeline Walker
May 21, 1910 (Age 43 years)
Death of a sonJohn Y Walker
June 24, 1916 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 63 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
Death of a husbandJames Young Walker
February 4, 1939 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 79 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death May 12, 1949 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gavilan Hill Memorial Park
Family with James Young Walker - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1884
9 months
son
Elijah Munroe Walker
Birth: October 14, 1884 22 18Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 10, 1964Santa Clara, California, United States
3 years
daughter
Mary Ellen Walker
Birth: April 27, 1887 25 20Tennessee, United States
Death: October 5, 1986Santa Clara, California, United States
2 years
son
Henry Clay Walker
Birth: September 7, 1889 27 23Washington, United States
Death: June 8, 1990California, United States
2 years
daughter
Annie May Walker
Birth: February 17, 1892 30 25Washington, United States
Death: November 15, 1973
2 years
son
James Clyde Walker
Birth: June 15, 1894 32 27Washington, United States
Death: December 14, 1972Santa Clara, California, United States
3 years
son
Charles Lee Walker
Birth: April 13, 1897 35 30Rossland, West Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada
Death: December 8, 1963Tulare, California, United States
6 years
son
John Y Walker
Birth: about 1902 39 35Montana, United States
Death: June 24, 1916Fresno, California, United States
4 years
son
3 years
daughter
Lou Madeline Walker
Birth: September 21, 1907 45 41San Mateo, California, United States
Death: December 5, 2005
3 years
daughter
Ruby Adeline Walker
Birth: May 21, 1910 48 43Santa Clara, California, United States
Death: December 18, 1988San Martin, Santa Clara, California, United States

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