The Shemwell Family

Margaret Rilla GeersAge: 64 years18811945

Name
Margaret Rilla Geers
Given names
Margaret Rilla
Surname
Geers
Married name
Margaret Rilla Daugherty
Also known as
Francis Daugherty
Birth January 6, 1881
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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
MarriageJohn Lovejoy DaughertyView this family
about 1912 (Age 30 years)
Note: Marriage info based on 1930 census
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 34 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 35 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 36 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 6, 1920 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 48 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 9, 1930 (Age 49 years)
Census April 6, 1940 (Age 59 years)
Death July 2, 1945 (Age 64 years)
Obituary
Margaret Rill Daugherty Obituary
July 4, 1945 (2 days after death)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 60 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
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Burial Park
Family with John Lovejoy Daugherty - View this family
husband
John Lovejoy Daugherty
Birth: September 7, 1876 41 32Denton, Texas, United States
Death: May 1966Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
herself
Margaret Rilla Geers
Birth: January 6, 1881Denton, Denton, Texas, United States
Death: July 2, 1945Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: about 1912Texas, United States

Marriage
Marriage info based on 1930 census
Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John Lovejoy Daugherty - Household

ED 155 Colorado, Mitchell, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Daugherty, JohnheadRMW43MYesYesTXTXTXYesBuys OilLeasesOA
Daugherty, MargaretwifeFW38MYesYesTXKYTXYesNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - John Lovejoy Daugherty - Household

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Daugherty, John LheadR50NoMW53M36TXMOMOYesContractorPainting28X1OYes
Daugherty, Margaret RwifeFW49M32TXKYTXYesNone
Geers, LouisaSmother-in-lawFW73WdYesNone
Gibson, Gertrude MroomerFW43WdYesProprietorGin7268OYes
Mayo, Sybil VroomerFW20WdYesClerkDept Store8390WYes
Mayo, Billie LroomerFW2SNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - John Lovejoy Daugherty - Household

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Daugherty, John LheadR28MW64MNoTXPainterExterior, InteriorOA520
Daugherty, FrancisxwifeFW59MNoTX00