The Shemwell Family

Andrew Edward RemickAge: 79 years18611940

Name
Andrew Edward Remick
Given names
Andrew Edward
Surname
Remick
Birth September 14, 1861 43 38
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Birth of a brotherGeorge Everett Remick
October 4, 1867 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 5 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 5 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 7 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Census June 9, 1870 (Age 8 years)
Death of a brotherSamuel Pennington Remick
January 31, 1871 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 16 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 24, 1880 (Age 18 years)
Death of a motherEleanor Caroline Power
February 4, 1894 (Age 32 years)
MarriageMaude Amanda CoeView this family
April 29, 1896 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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
Death of a fatherGeorge Washington Remick
July 18, 1904 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 54 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 55 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 56 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 68 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 of a brotherZachary Taylor Remick
May 14, 1930 (Age 68 years)
Death December 15, 1940 (Age 79 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 15, 1842Clinton, Illinois, United States
2 years
elder brother
Samuel Pennington Remick
Birth: September 6, 1844 26 21Trenton, Clinton, Illinois, United States
Death: January 31, 1871Trenton, Clinton, Illinois, United States
3 years
elder sister
Sarah Elizabeth Remick
Birth: October 10, 1847 29 24Trenton, Clinton, Illinois, United States
Death: November 19, 1857Trenton, Clinton, Illinois, United States
2 years
elder brother
Zachary Taylor Remick
Birth: March 1, 1850 31 27Trenton, Clinton, Illinois, United States
Death: May 14, 1930Trenton, Clinton, Illinois, United States
3 years
elder brother
Josiah Franklin Remick
Birth: February 1, 1853 34 30Trenton, Clinton, Illinois, United States
Death: December 8, 1943Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
9 years
himself
Andrew Edward Remick
Birth: September 14, 1861 43 38Trenton, Clinton, Illinois, United States
Death: December 15, 1940Los Angeles, California, United States
6 years
younger brother
George Everett Remick
Birth: October 4, 1867 49 44Trenton, Clinton, Illinois, United States
Death: May 7, 1947St Louis, Missouri, United States
Family with Maude Amanda Coe - View this family
himself
Andrew Edward Remick
Birth: September 14, 1861 43 38Trenton, Clinton, Illinois, United States
Death: December 15, 1940Los Angeles, California, United States
wife
Maude Amanda Coe
Birth: October 5, 1874Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States
Death: March 1, 1962Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: April 29, 1896Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States

Andrew Edward Remick has 18 first cousins recorded

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - George W Remick - Household

Trenton, Clinton, Illinois, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Remick, George head52MWno occupationNH
Remick, Eleanor Cwife47FWMO
Remick, Samuel son25MWIL
Remick, Taylorson20MWIL
Remick, Franklinson16MWIL
Remick, Edwardson7MWIL
Remick, George Eson3MWIL

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - George W Remick - Household

Trenton, Clinton, Illinois, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Remick, G WWM60headMretired merchantNHNHNH
Remick, Eleanor CWF58wifeMMONCKY
Remick, Zach TWM30sonSteacherILNHMO
Remick, Andrew EWM17sonSILNHMO
Remick, George EWM13sonSILNHMO