The Shemwell Family

Name
Mabel Olive Crane
Given names
Mabel Olive
Surname
Crane
Married name
Mabel Olive Power
Birth October 14, 1881
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 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
MarriageRichard Yates PowerView this family
October 30, 1901 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Ross Edward Power
January 23, 1903 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Forest Penniwell Power
August 9, 1905 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Marie Muriel Power
September 21, 1907 (Age 25 years)
Census May 13, 1910 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 34 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 35 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 36 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 10, 1920 (Age 38 years)
Marriage of a childForest Penniwell PowerRuth Irene BorakerView this family
November 30, 1926 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Leslie Dale Power
May 27, 1927 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 47 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Phyllis J Power
March 15, 1930 (Age 48 years)
Census April 12, 1930 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Gilbert A Atkinson
July 2, 1933 (Age 51 years)
Death February 12, 1940 (Age 58 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Cemetery
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