The Shemwell Family

George Everett RemickAge: 79 years18671947

Name
George Everett Remick
Given names
George Everett
Surname
Remick
Birth October 4, 1867 49 44
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867
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
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 14 months)

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 2 years)
Death of a brotherSamuel Pennington Remick
January 31, 1871 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 10 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 12 years)
MarriageMary Josephine SmileyView this family
April 23, 1890 (Age 22 years)
Death of a motherEleanor Caroline Power
February 4, 1894 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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 36 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 48 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 49 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 50 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 61 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 62 years)
Death of a brotherAndrew Edward Remick
December 15, 1940 (Age 73 years)
Death of a brotherJosiah Franklin Remick
December 8, 1943 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 74 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 78 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 May 7, 1947 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Trenton Cemetery
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
elder brother
Andrew Edward Remick
Birth: September 14, 1861 43 38Trenton, Clinton, Illinois, United States
Death: December 15, 1940Los Angeles, California, United States
6 years
himself
George Everett Remick
Birth: October 4, 1867 49 44Trenton, Clinton, Illinois, United States
Death: May 7, 1947St Louis, Missouri, United States
Family with Mary Josephine Smiley - View this family
himself
George Everett Remick
Birth: October 4, 1867 49 44Trenton, Clinton, Illinois, United States
Death: May 7, 1947St Louis, Missouri, United States
wife
Mary Josephine Smiley
Birth: October 29, 1868O'Fallon, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
Death: October 19, 1952St. Clair, Illinois, United States
Marriage: April 23, 1890O'Fallon, St. Clair, Illinois, United States

George Everett 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