The Shemwell Family

Maggie Brooks1878

Name
Maggie Brooks
Given names
Maggie
Surname
Brooks
Married name
Maggie Freeman
Birth June 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 19 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 daughter
#1
Mollie L Freeman
August 1899 (Age 21 years)
Census June 18, 1900 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Pannie E Freeman
1901 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Joseph G Freeman
1902 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Emma C Freeman
1905 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Jonie Freeman
1907 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Lucy J Freeman
1909 (Age 30 years)
Census May 9, 1910 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#7
George Freeman
1913 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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/
Census January 19, 1920 (Age 41 years)
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
Census April 14, 1930 (Age 51 years)
Death of a husbandAlfred Whitefield Freeman
October 17, 1943 (Age 65 years)
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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 71 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 67 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 Alfred Whitefield Freeman - View this family
husband
herself
daughter
Mollie L Freeman
Birth: August 1899 31 21Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death:
2 years
daughter
Pannie E Freeman
Birth: 1901 32 22Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death:
2 years
son
Joseph G Freeman
Birth: 1902 33 23Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death:
4 years
daughter
Emma C Freeman
Birth: 1905 36 26Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
daughter
Jonie Freeman
Birth: 1907 38 28Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
daughter
Lucy J Freeman
Birth: 1909 40 30Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death:
5 years
son
George Freeman
Birth: 1913 44 34Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death:
daughter
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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Alfred Whitefield Freeman - Household

Rutherford, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Freeman, Alfred WheadMW42M11NCNCNCfarmer
Freeman, Maggie LwifeFW32M1186NCNCNC
Freeman, Mollie LdaughterFW10SNCNCNC
Freeman, Pannie EdaughterFW9SNCNCNC
Freeman, Joseph GsonMW8SNCNCNC
Freeman, Emma CdaughterFW5SNCNCNC
Freeman, JaniedaughterFW3SNCNCNC
Freeman, Lucy JdaughterFW1SNCNCNC