The Shemwell Family

Eleanor S “Nellie” BatemanAge: 88 years18851973

Name
Eleanor S “Nellie” Bateman
Given names
Eleanor S
Surname
Bateman
Nickname
Nellie
Birth August 1885 28 21
Birth of a brotherJames Bunting Bateman
July 14, 1887 (Age 23 months)
Birth of a sisterMerle Strother Bateman
November 1889 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherThomas Currin Bateman Jr
May 10, 1894 (Age 8 years)
Marriage
Never Married

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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
Census June 26, 1900 (Age 14 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherJane Eleanor Shemwell
January 29, 1901 (Age 15 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 24 years)
Death of a fatherThomas Currin Bateman
July 9, 1913 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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 8, 1920 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 44 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 56 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 64 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 60 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 September 15, 1973 (Age 88 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: 1884
20 months
herself
Eleanor S “Nellie” Bateman
Birth: August 1885 28 21Maryland, United States
Death: September 15, 1973Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
23 months
younger brother
James Bunting Bateman
Birth: July 14, 1887 30 23Charles, Maryland, United States
Death: February 14, 1979Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger sister
Merle Strother Bateman
Birth: November 1889 32 25Wicomico, Maryland, United States
Death: December 12, 1976Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
5 years
younger brother

Eleanor S “Nellie” Bateman has 13 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Currin Bateman - Household

Harford, Maryland, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Bateman, Thomas CheadWMMar185743M16MDMDMD
Bateman, Mary BwifeWFApr186433M1654MDMDMD
Bateman, Nellie SdaughterWFAug188514SMDMDMD
Bateman, James BsonWMJul188712SMDMDMD
Jr Bateman, Thomas CsonWMMay18946SMDMDMD

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Currin Bateman - Household

1701 Edmondson Avenue Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Bateman, Thomas CheadMW53M126MDMDMDMotormanStreet Car
Bateman, Mary BwifeFW45M12654MDMDMDSewingAt Home
Bateman, Eleanor SdaughterFW25SMDMDMDStenographerOffice
Bateman, Merle SdaughterFW20SMDMDMD

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Mary Barnes Bunting - Household

807 Hamilton Terrace Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Bateman, MaryheadFW54WdMDMDMDKeeperRooming House
Bateman, EleanordaughterFW35SMDMDMDSecretaryContractors Office
Bateman, MerledaughterFW34SMDMDMDSecretaryDepartment of ??
Bateman, ThomassonMW24SMDMDMDOrderlyHospital