The Shemwell Family

Michael McQuaidAge: 51 years18701922

Name
Michael McQuaid
Given names
Michael
Surname
McQuaid
Birth December 5, 1870
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 7 years)

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 27 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
MarriageMartha Ellen “Mattie” HartView this family
May 7, 1902 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Thomas Lee McQuaid
September 1904 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 45 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 46 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 47 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/
Death August 23, 1922 (Age 51 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery
Family with Martha Ellen “Mattie” Hart - View this family
himself
Michael McQuaid
Birth: December 5, 1870Lake, Lincoln, Colorado, United States
Death: August 23, 1922El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States
wife
Marriage: May 7, 1902Cooke, Texas, United States
2 years
son
Thomas Lee McQuaid
Birth: September 1904 33 28Tucumcari, Quay, New Mexico, United States
Death: June 11, 1997Bellevue, King, Washington, United States
Henry Carroll Epps + Martha Ellen “Mattie” Hart - View this family
wife’s husband
Henry Carroll Epps
Birth: about 1858 25 18Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: February 4, 1945Seattle, King, Washington, United States
wife
Marriage: December 21, 1925King, Washington, United States