The Shemwell Family

Alfred Joseph NewellAge: 77 years18901967

Name
Alfred Joseph Newell
Given names
Alfred Joseph
Surname
Newell
Birth June 3, 1890 35 37
Birth of a sisterQueen Ann Newell
May 31, 1895 (Age 4 years)
Census 1895 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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
Census 1905 (Age 14 years)
Death of a half-brotherJames Albert “Joe” Droke
December 12, 1914 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 25 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 26 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 27 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/
Death of a motherSarah Margaret Smith
June 13, 1924 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 39 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 fatherWilliam Henry Newell
April 8, 1937 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 51 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
Death of a brotherWalter Arthur Newell
May 15, 1950 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 59 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 sisterQueen Ann Newell
June 13, 1959 (Age 69 years)
Death of a sisterEffie Mae Newell
June 4, 1963 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 55 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 November 14, 1967 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Valley Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: September 20, 1881Greene, Illinois, United States
2 years
elder sister
Effie Mae Newell
Birth: November 5, 1883 28 31White Hall, Greene, Illinois, United States
Death: June 4, 1963Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
4 years
elder brother
Walter Arthur Newell
Birth: March 20, 1888 32 35Lamar, Barton, Missouri, United States
Death: May 15, 1950Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States
2 years
himself
Alfred Joseph Newell
Birth: June 3, 1890 35 37Missouri, United States
Death: November 14, 1967Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas, United States
5 years
younger sister
Queen Ann Newell
Birth: May 31, 1895 40 42Arma, Crawford, Kansas, United States
Death: June 13, 1959Tuscola, Douglas, Illinois, United States
Mother’s family with William S Droke - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: August 23, 1874Macoupin, Illinois, United States
3 years
half-brother
James Albert “Joe” Droke
Birth: 1877 32 24Illinois, United States
Death: December 12, 1914Crawford, Kansas, United States

Alfred Joseph Newell has 33 first cousins recorded

CensusKansas State - Census transcript - William Henry Newell - Household

Washington, Crawford, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Newell, W HheadMW41MILMiner
Newell, S MwifeFW44MIL
Drake, JamesstepsonMW19SILMiner
Newell, E MdaughterFW11SIL
Newell, WaltersonMW6SMO
Newell, AlfredsonMW5SMO

CensusKansas State - Census transcript - William Henry Newell - Household

Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Newell, W HheadMW52MILFarmer
Newell, WaltersonMW18SMO
Newell, AlfordsonMW17SMO
Newell, QueendaughterFW9SKSNone
Newell, SarahwifeFW52MIL