The Shemwell Family

Isabelle BradfordAge: 77 years18541931

Name
Isabelle Bradford
Given names
Isabelle
Surname
Bradford
Married name
Isabelle Baker
Birth May 8, 1854
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 years)

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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 12 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 12 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 14 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
Religious marriageJesse T BakerView this family
January 13, 1874 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Lottie Cosette Baker
October 29, 1874 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Ida Louise Baker
1877 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 23 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a daughter
#3
Lavinia Baker
July 1879 (Age 25 years)
Census June 23, 1880 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Jesse Bradford Baker
January 30, 1881 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Margaret Baker
June 1886 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Lillian Baker
May 1893 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 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
Marriage of a childWalker Pierce HallLavinia BakerView this family
Type: Religious marriage
September 27, 1898 (Age 44 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam R EidsonLottie Cosette BakerView this family
Type: Religious marriage
November 2, 1898 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Walker Pierce Hall Jr
October 1899 (Age 45 years)
Census June 7, 1900 (Age 46 years)
Marriage of a childJesse Bradford BakerMarjorie I TerryView this family
Type: Civil marriage
January 10, 1910 (Age 55 years)
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 55 years)
Death of a sonJesse Bradford Baker
December 4, 1911 (Age 57 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Death of a husbandJesse T Baker
September 19, 1916 (Age 62 years)
Burial of a husbandJesse T Baker
September 1916 (Age 62 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: St Peter's Cemetery
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 61 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 62 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 63 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 5, 1920 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 75 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 14, 1930 (Age 75 years)
Death June 20, 1931 (Age 77 years)
Family with Jesse T Baker - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: January 13, 1874Saline, Missouri, United States
9 months
daughter
Lottie Cosette Baker
Birth: October 29, 1874 27 20Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: March 22, 1946St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
3 years
daughter
Ida Louise Baker
Birth: 1877 29 22Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: November 14, 1960St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
3 years
daughter
19 months
son
Jesse Bradford Baker
Birth: January 30, 1881 33 26Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: December 4, 1911El Paso, Texas, United States
5 years
daughter
7 years
daughter

No family available

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Jesse T Baker - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Baker, Jesse TWM33headMfarmingMOVAMO
Baker, BelleWF28wifeMMONYMO
Baker, CosetteWF5daughterSMOMOMO
Baker, Ida LWF3daughterSMOMOMO
Baker, LaviniaWF11 monthsdaughterSMOMOMO

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Jesse T Baker - Household

St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Baker, Jesse headWMSep184950M26MOVAMOmfg company
Baker, IsabellewifeWFMay185446M2666MOMOMO
Baker, LouisedaughterWFAug187723SMOMOMO
Baker, BradfordsonWMJan188119SMOMOMO
Baker, MargaretdaughterWFJun188614SMOMOMO
Baker, LilliandaughterWFMay18937SMOMOMO
Connors, HarveycousinWMNov188119SMOMOMOclerk

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Jesse T Baker - Household

St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Baker, Jesse TheadMW64M36MOMOMOpresidentdisinfectant company
Baker, Belle CwifeFW58M3676MOMOMO
Baker, Ida LdaughterFW34SMOMOMO
Baker, LilliandaughterFW16SMOMOMO
Bradford, Lavinia Mmother in lawFW83wd73MOUSUS

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Edison - Household

St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Edison, WilliamheadMW56MKYUSUS
Edison, CosettewifeFW44MMOMOMO
Baker, Bellmother in lawFW66WdMOPAMO
Baker, Ida Louisesister in lawFW42SMOMOMO
Bradford, Laviniagrandmother in lawFW96WdMOMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Eidson - Household

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Eidson, WilliamheadMW67M38KYKYMO
Eidson, CosettewifeFW54M23MOMOMO
Baker, Ida Lsister in lawFW52SMOMOMO
Baker, Bell Cmother in lawFW79WdMOMOMO