The Shemwell Family

Madora Frances BakerAge: 95 years18691965

Name
Madora Frances Baker
Given names
Madora Frances
Surname
Baker
Birth April 1869 35 21
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869

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 August 8, 1870 (Age 16 months)
Birth of a brotherDavid Baker
November 24, 1870 (Age 19 months)
Birth of a brotherThomas H Baker
March 19, 1874 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Elizabeth Baker
December 1874 (Age 5 years)
Note: Birth year based on 1900 Census. Tombstone photo shows 1873
Birth of a brotherCharley Baker
November 23, 1877 (Age 8 years)
Death of a brotherCharley Baker
October 14, 1878 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 8 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 brotherHarley Baker
September 1879 (Age 10 years)
Census June 8, 1880 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterBertha Liva Baker
April 27, 1882 (Age 13 years)
Death of a brotherDavid Baker
October 29, 1882 (Age 13 years)
Death of a brotherHarley Baker
May 26, 1885 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a brotherElwin Elroy Baker
November 16, 1885 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a sisterGertha M Baker
June 21, 1889 (Age 20 years)
Death of a sisterGertha M Baker
April 3, 1890 (Age 21 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy Pruitt
about 1894 (Age 24 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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 fatherJohn Haywood Baker
October 26, 1912 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 46 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 47 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 48 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 60 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 motherFrances Ann McGehee
1932 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 72 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 80 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a sisterMary Elizabeth Baker
1954 (Age 84 years)
Death of a brotherThomas H Baker
1958 (Age 88 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 76 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 5, 1965 (Age 95 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial Park
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father
mother
Marriage: April 19, 1868Missouri, United States
1 year
herself
Madora Frances Baker
Birth: April 1869 35 21Elmo, Nodaway, Missouri, United States
Death: March 5, 1965Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
20 months
younger brother
David Baker
Birth: November 24, 1870 36 22Missouri, United States
Death: October 29, 1882Missouri, United States
3 years
younger brother
Thomas H Baker
Birth: March 19, 1874 40 26Elmo, Nodaway, Missouri, United States
Death: 1958Missouri, United States
9 months
younger sister
Mary Elizabeth Baker
Birth: December 1874 40 26Missouri, United States
Death: 1954Elmo, Nodaway, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger brother
Charley Baker
Birth: November 23, 1877 43 29Missouri, United States
Death: October 14, 1878Nodaway, Missouri, United States
22 months
younger brother
Harley Baker
Birth: September 1879 45 31Missouri, United States
Death: May 26, 1885Union, Barton, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger sister
Bertha Liva Baker
Birth: April 27, 1882 48 34Missouri, United States
Death: April 1, 1973Randolph, Illinois, United States
4 years
younger brother
Elwin Elroy Baker
Birth: November 16, 1885 51 37Missouri, United States
Death: September 23, 1968Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
4 years
younger sister
Gertha M Baker
Birth: June 21, 1889 55 41Nodaway, Missouri, United States
Death: April 3, 1890Nodaway, Missouri, United States

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - John Haywood Baker - Household

Lincoln, Nodaway, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Baker, Johnhead37MWFarmer400450TNxx
Baker, Fannywife24FWKeeping HouseMO
Baker, Maderadaughter1FWMO

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - John Haywood Baker - Household

ED 256 Elmo, Nodaway, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Baker, JohnWM48headMSection HandMO
Baker, FrancisWF32wifeMKeeping HouseMOMOKY
Baker, DoraWF11daughterSxMOMOMO
Baker, DavidWM9sonSxMOMOMO
Baker, ElizabethWF7daughterSxMOMOMO
Baker, ThomasWM5sonSMOMOMO
Baker, HarleyWM0 years 8 monthsSepsonSMOMOMO