The Shemwell Family

Sophia Amelia BratschiAge: 66 years18641931

Name
Sophia Amelia Bratschi
Given names
Sophia Amelia
Surname
Bratschi
Married name
Sophia Amelia Carr
Married name
Sophia Amelia McMillan
Birth July 17, 1864
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 2 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 2 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 4 years)

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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 13 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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
MarriageDr. William Hugh McMillanView this family
September 30, 1900 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Olive McMillan
June 2, 1906 (Age 41 years)
Census May 2, 1910 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 51 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 52 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 53 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 7, 1920 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 65 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 3, 1930 (Age 65 years)
Death April 10, 1931 (Age 66 years)
Cause of death: Tuberculosis
Burial April 12, 1931 (2 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Erin Oak Hill Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage:
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Sophia Amelia Bratschi
Birth: July 17, 1864Pennsylvania, United States
Death: April 10, 1931Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Family with Dr. William Hugh McMillan - View this family
husband
Dr. William Hugh McMillan
Birth: July 29, 1859 34 26Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 16, 1934Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
herself
Sophia Amelia Bratschi
Birth: July 17, 1864Pennsylvania, United States
Death: April 10, 1931Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: September 30, 1900Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
6 years
daughter
Olive McMillan
Birth: June 2, 1906 46 41Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 24, 2002

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Dr. William Hugh McMillan - Household

Stewart Village Houston, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
McMillan, William HheadMW50M216TNTNTNDoctorMedical
McMillan, Sophia AwifeFW44M21621PASwitzerlandSwitzerland
McMillan, OlivedaughterFW3STNTNPA

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Dr. William Hugh McMillan - Household

College St. Houston, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
McMillan, W HheadMW60MTNTNTNDoctorMedical
McMillan, AmeliawifeFW56MTNTNTN
McMillan, OlivedaughterFW13STNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Dr. William Hugh McMillan - Household

Houston, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
McMillan, Will HheadMW70M25TNTNTNDoctorPractice Medicine
McMillan, AmeliawifeFW64M27TNTNTN
McMillan, OlivedaughterFW23STNTNTNTeacherPublic School