The Shemwell Family

Anna B TurnerAge: 49 years18831932

Name
Anna B Turner
Given names
Anna B
Surname
Turner
Married name
Anna B Stewart
Birth March 11, 1883
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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
MarriageAlvin W “Barney” StewartView this family
September 26, 1909 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 32 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 33 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 34 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 1, 1920 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 46 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 5, 1930 (Age 47 years)
Death of a husbandAlvin W “Barney” Stewart
June 21, 1930 (Age 47 years)
Death October 25, 1932 (Age 49 years)
Obituary
Anna Stewart Obituary
October 27, 1932 (2 days after death)
Note: "Anna Stewart, Widow of Barney Stewart died at the Pekin Hospital Tuesday morning, following an…
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lakeside Cemetery
Family with Alvin W “Barney” Stewart - View this family
husband
Alvin W “Barney” Stewart
Birth: 1872 26 21Macoupin, Illinois, United States
Death: June 21, 1930Limestone, Peoria, Illinois, United States
herself
Anna B Turner
Birth: March 11, 1883Illinois, United States
Death: October 25, 1932Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, United States
Marriage: September 26, 1909Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Alvin W “Barney” Stewart - Household

ED 177 Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Stewart, Anna BwifeRFW36MYesYesILUnknownUnknownYesScrub WomanWorking OutOA
Stewart, Alvin WheadMW47MYesYesILILILYesLaborerCorn Products CoW
Stewart, James MfatherMW74WdYesYesILTNILYesNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Anna B Turner - Household

ED 34 Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Stewart, Anna BheadO7000NoFW47M27NoYesILILScotlandYesCateressWYes
Turner, HannahmotherFW73WdNoYesPAMDMdYesNone

Obituary
"Anna Stewart, Widow of Barney Stewart died at the Pekin Hospital Tuesday morning, following an operation last week. She was born in Petersburg on March 9th, 1883, a daughter of Frank and Hannah McCabe Turner and her marriage to Barney Stewart took place in September 1909. Mr. Stewart died in July, 1930. She is survived by two Brothers, Harvey Turner of Petersburg and William Turner of Los Angeles, Calif., and a sister Mrs. B Jones of Petersburg. The funeral will be held at the Noel Funeral Home, Thursday at 10:00 a.m. and burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery. "