The Shemwell Family

Iva “Ivy” Upton1878

Name
Iva “Ivy” Upton
Given names
Iva
Surname
Upton
Married name
Iva Turley
Nickname
Ivy
Birth 1878
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

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 20 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
Religious marriageHarry Pearson TurleyView this family
November 15, 1906 (Age 28 years)
Census April 19, 1910 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 38 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 39 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 40 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 51 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 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 husbandHarry Pearson Turley
September 11, 1948 (Age 70 years)
Note: Name: Harry Turley
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 72 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 68 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
Deathunknown

Family with Harry Pearson Turley - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: November 15, 1906Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Harry Pearson Turley + Mary Enola “Molly” Higgerson - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: October 3, 1888Cooper, Missouri, United States
8 months
step-daughter
Jessie Enola “Nullie” Turley
Birth: May 25, 1889 22 22Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: November 15, 1956Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States
20 months
step-son
Emmett Hall “Pete” Turley
Birth: January 9, 1891 24 23Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: March 19, 1982Cooper, Missouri, United States
3 years
step-son
2 years
step-daughter
Margaret Williams “Peg” Turley
Birth: August 12, 1895 28 28Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: May 9, 1991Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States
3 years
step-daughter
Mary Elizabeth “Bess” Turley
Birth: March 23, 1898 31 30Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 28, 1978Missouri, United States
3 years
step-daughter
3 years
step-son
William Pearson “Billy” Turley
Birth: September 16, 1903 36 36Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: January 24, 1994San Diego, California, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Harry Pearson Turley - Household

Cooper, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Turley, Henry PheadMW43M23MOMOMOsalesmanimplement store
Turley, IvywifeFW32M13KYKYKY