The Shemwell Family

Nellie Elizabeth WebsterAge: 64 years18571922

Name
Nellie Elizabeth Webster
Given names
Nellie Elizabeth
Surname
Webster
Married name
Nellie Elizabeth Kedzie
Birth June 24, 1857
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 years)

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 9 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 9 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 11 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
MarriageJames Edgan KedzieView this family
about 1878 (Age 20 years)
Note: Marriage info based on 1900 Census
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 20 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 daughter
#1
Florence E Kedzie
June 12, 1880 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 June 16, 1900 (Age 42 years)
Marriage of a childAlvin Delmar TroutmanFlorence E KedzieView this family
October 11, 1905 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Russell William Troutman
August 7, 1906 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Evangeline Troutman
November 14, 1910 (Age 53 years)
Death of a husbandJames Edgan Kedzie
August 13, 1914 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 58 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 59 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 60 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/
Birth of a grandson
#3
Eugene K Troutman
about 1920 (Age 62 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on 1930 Census
Death March 30, 1922 (Age 64 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Deerfield Township Cemetery
Family with James Edgan Kedzie - View this family
husband
James Edgan Kedzie
Birth: April 13, 1853Deerfield, Lenawee, Michigan, United States
Death: August 13, 1914Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, United States
herself
Nellie Elizabeth Webster
Birth: June 24, 1857Berea, Cuyoga, Ohio, United States
Death: March 30, 1922Deerfield, Lenawee, Michigan, United States
Marriage: about 1878Michigan, United States
2 years
daughter

Marriage
Marriage info based on 1900 Census
Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James Edgan Kedzie - Household

Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Kedzie, James EheadWMApr185347M25MINYNY000Foreman0YesYesYesOFH
Kedzie, Nellie EwifeWFJun185742M2533OHNYCanada000YesYesYes
Kedzie, Florence EdaughterWFJun188020SMIMIMI000Music Teacher0YesYesYes
Kedzie, Imeringe OdaughterWFMay189010SMIMIMI000At School10
Kedzie, Catherine HdaughterWFJan18946SMIMIMI000At School12