The Shemwell Family

Thursa A ErwinAge: 66 years18711938

Name
Thursa A Erwin
Given names
Thursa A
Surname
Erwin
Married name
Thursa A Boren
Birth October 18, 1871 44 38
Death of a half-sisterSusan Elizabeth Keith
June 11, 1877 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 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 fatherJames Wesley Erwin
June 27, 1884 (Age 12 years)
Marriage of a parentJohn T SmithNarcissa Elizabeth HoweView this family
February 13, 1887 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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 44 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 half-brotherRobert Foster Keith
May 23, 1917 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 45 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 46 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 motherNarcissa Elizabeth Howe
July 27, 1920 (Age 48 years)
Death of a half-sisterSarah Jane Keith
January 12, 1923 (Age 51 years)
Burial of a half-sisterSarah Jane Keith
January 14, 1923 (Age 51 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Star Cemetery
Death of a half-sisterRhoda Ann Keith
October 23, 1927 (Age 56 years)
Burial of a half-sisterRhoda Ann Keith
October 25, 1927 (Age 56 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Star Cemetery
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 57 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 September 9, 1938 (Age 66 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pierce Brothers Santa Paula Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: February 6, 1870Polk, Missouri, United States
20 months
herself
Thursa A Erwin
Birth: October 18, 1871 44 38Polk, Missouri, United States
Death: September 9, 1938Ventura, California, United States
Mother’s family with James Foster Keith - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: February 10, 1850Polk, Missouri, United States
2 months
half-sister
Sarah Jane Keith
Birth: April 5, 1850 23 16Greene, Polk, Missouri, United States
Death: January 12, 1923Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States
3 years
half-sister
3 years
half-sister
Susan Elizabeth Keith
Birth: September 12, 1855 28 22Polk, Missouri, United States
Death: June 11, 1877Polk, Missouri, United States
7 months
half-brother
Rufus Wilson Keith
Birth: April 6, 1856 29 22Bolivar, Polk, Missouri, United States
Death: April 29, 1947Star, Ada, Idaho, United States
4 years
half-brother
Robert Foster Keith
Birth: February 5, 1860 33 26Polk, Missouri, United States
Death: May 23, 1917McKinley, Polk, Missouri, United States
Mother’s family with John T Smith - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: February 13, 1887Polk, Missouri, United States

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