The Shemwell Family

Annis ShawAge: 96 years18611957

Name
Annis Shaw
Given names
Annis
Surname
Shaw
Married name
Annis Badger
Birth March 6, 1861 34 33
Birth of a sisterIna Shaw
December 22, 1862 (Age 21 months)
Birth of a brotherFrancis “Frank” Shaw
May 2, 1865 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 26 days)

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
Birth of a sisterTirzah Shaw
February 20, 1867 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 5 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 5 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 7 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
Birth of a brotherClarence Shaw
March 15, 1870 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 16 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a motherDiana Severance Chase
September 6, 1886 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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
Death of a fatherWilliam Montgomery Shaw
December 27, 1902 (Age 41 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Dudley Shaw
August 7, 1913 (Age 52 years)
Burial of a brotherWilliam Dudley Shaw
August 10, 1913 (Age 52 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ogden City Cemetery
Death of a sisterRosabelle Shaw
February 9, 1914 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 54 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a brotherClarence Shaw
March 9, 1918 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 55 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 56 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 of a sisterGenevra Shaw
July 23, 1920 (Age 59 years)
Death of a brotherFrancis “Frank” Shaw
January 28, 1922 (Age 60 years)
Death of a brotherAmbrose E Shaw
February 6, 1927 (Age 65 years)
Burial of a brotherAmbrose E Shaw
February 9, 1927 (Age 65 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ogden City Cemetery
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 68 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 sisterIna Shaw
September 18, 1938 (Age 77 years)
Burial of a sisterIna Shaw
September 21, 1938 (Age 77 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ogden City Cemetery
Death of a sisterRomania L Shaw
July 14, 1939 (Age 78 years)
Burial of a sisterRomania L Shaw
July 16, 1939 (Age 78 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ogden City Cemetery
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 80 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 of a sisterTirzah Shaw
December 21, 1948 (Age 87 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 88 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 84 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 April 17, 1957 (Age 96 years)
Burial April 20, 1957 (3 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ogden City Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: January 1, 1849Utah, United States
9 months
elder sister
Rosabelle Shaw
Birth: October 13, 1849 23 22Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
Death: February 9, 1914Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States
15 months
elder brother
Manly Shaw
Birth: January 1, 1851 24 23Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
Death: December 7, 1853Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
3 years
elder sister
Genevra Shaw
Birth: February 5, 1854 27 26Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
Death: July 23, 1920Harrisville, Weber, Utah, United States
15 months
elder brother
William Dudley Shaw
Birth: May 15, 1855 28 27Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
Death: August 7, 1913Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
2 years
elder brother
Ambrose E Shaw
Birth: August 31, 1857 30 30Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
Death: February 6, 1927Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
2 years
elder sister
Romania L Shaw
Birth: September 26, 1859 33 32Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
Death: July 14, 1939Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
17 months
herself
Annis Shaw
Birth: March 6, 1861 34 33Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
Death: April 17, 1957Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
22 months
younger sister
Ina Shaw
Birth: December 22, 1862 36 35Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
Death: September 18, 1938Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
2 years
younger brother
Francis “Frank” Shaw
Birth: May 2, 1865 38 37Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
Death: January 28, 1922Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
22 months
younger sister
Tirzah Shaw
Birth: February 20, 1867 40 39Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
Death: December 21, 1948Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
3 years
younger brother
Clarence Shaw
Birth: March 15, 1870 43 42Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
Death: March 9, 1918San Francisco, California, United States
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step-father
Brigham Young Sr.
Birth: June 1, 1801 38 36Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, United States
Death: August 29, 1877Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
mother
Marriage: October 10, 1844Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States