The Shemwell Family

Amy Ora EverettAge: 34 years19001934

Name
Amy Ora Everett
Given names
Amy Ora
Surname
Everett
Married name
Amy Ora Thorn
Birth June 23, 1900
MarriageGeorge Stanford ThornView this family
December 2, 1916 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a daughter
#1
Amy Ruth Thorn
October 26, 1918 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 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 17 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 12, 1920 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Betty Jane Thorn
November 28, 1922 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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 15, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Death December 4, 1934 (Age 34 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mission Burial Park South
Family with George Stanford Thorn - View this family
husband
George Stanford Thorn
Birth: November 26, 1895 26 21Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 12, 1985San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
herself
Amy Ora Everett
Birth: June 23, 1900San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
Death: December 4, 1934San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
Marriage: December 2, 1916Maverick, Runnels, Texas, United States
23 months
daughter
Amy Ruth Thorn
Birth: October 26, 1918 22 18San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
Death: November 2, 1999San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
4 years
daughter
Betty Jane Thorn
Birth: November 28, 1922 27 22San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
Death: May 22, 2006San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
George Stanford Thorn + Ethel Mae Rossmann - View this family
husband
George Stanford Thorn
Birth: November 26, 1895 26 21Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 12, 1985San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
husband’s wife
Ethel Mae Rossmann
Birth: March 1, 1910San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
Death: October 21, 1998San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
Marriage: 1943

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - George Stanford Thorn - Household

311 Piedmont Avenue San Antonio, Bexar, Texas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Thorn, George SheadMW24MARARARSalesmanPrinting Co.
Thorn, AmywifeFW21MTXTNTX
Thorn, Amy RdaughterFW1-2mSTXARTX

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - George Stanford Thorn - Household

2030 West Huisache Ave San Antonio, Bexar, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Thorn, G SheadMW34M21ARARMSSales ManagerStationaryStore
Thorn, AmywifeFW29M17TXTNTXHome Maker
Thorn, Amy RdaughterFW11STXARTX
Thorn, Betty JeandaughterFW7STXARTX