The Shemwell Family

Lottie Cosette BakerAge: 71 years18741946

Name
Lottie Cosette Baker
Given names
Lottie Cosette
Surname
Baker
Married name
Lottie Cosette Eidson
Birth October 29, 1874 27 20
Death of a paternal grandmotherMartha Jane Turley
January 11, 1875 (Age 2 months)
Birth of a sisterIda Louise Baker
1877 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 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 sisterLavinia Baker
July 1879 (Age 4 years)
Census June 23, 1880 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherJesse Bradford Baker
January 30, 1881 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterMargaret Baker
June 1886 (Age 11 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn W Baker
November 25, 1886 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterLillian Baker
May 1893 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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
Religious marriageWilliam R EidsonView this family
November 2, 1898 (Age 24 years)
Census April 27, 1910 (Age 35 years)
Death of a brotherJesse Bradford Baker
December 4, 1911 (Age 37 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Death of a fatherJesse T Baker
September 19, 1916 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 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 42 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 43 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 45 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 54 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 55 years)
Death of a motherIsabelle Bradford
June 20, 1931 (Age 56 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam R Eidson
March 5, 1937 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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 71 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 March 22, 1946 (Age 71 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 13, 1874Saline, Missouri, United States
9 months
herself
Lottie Cosette Baker
Birth: October 29, 1874 27 20Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: March 22, 1946St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger sister
Ida Louise Baker
Birth: 1877 29 22Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: November 14, 1960St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger sister
19 months
younger brother
Jesse Bradford Baker
Birth: January 30, 1881 33 26Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: December 4, 1911El Paso, Texas, United States
5 years
younger sister
7 years
younger sister
Family with William R Eidson - View this family
husband
William R Eidson
Birth: May 18, 1859Shelby, Missouri, United States
Death: March 5, 1937St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
herself
Lottie Cosette Baker
Birth: October 29, 1874 27 20Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: March 22, 1946St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Marriage: November 2, 1898St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Lottie Cosette Baker has 2 first cousins recorded

Mother's family (0)

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

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William R Eidson - Household

Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Eidson, William RheadMW47M211MOKYMOpresidentpublishing company
Eidson, Cosette BwifeFW34M111MOMOMO

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