The Shemwell Family

Bernard WisemanAge: 72 years18701942

Name
Bernard Wiseman
Given names
Bernard
Surname
Wiseman
Birth about 1870
MarriageRebecca St KovskyView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 8 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 28 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Wiseman
about 1904 (Age 34 years)
Census 1911 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 46 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 47 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 48 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/
Marriage of a childFred SchnairMary WisemanView this family
Type: Religious marriage
June 21, 1921 (Age 51 years)
Associate: Louis “Lev” Schnair
Associate: Libby Czalick
Census 1921 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Sylvia Schneir
September 21, 1922 (Age 52 years)
Associate: Fred Schnair
Associate: Mary Wiseman
Death of a daughterMary Wiseman
December 7, 1922 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 59 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 71 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 August 16, 1942 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Baron de Hirsch Cemetery
Burial
Mary Wiseman

Family with Rebecca St Kovsky - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage:
daughter

No family available

CensusCanada - Census transcript - Bernard Wiseman - Household

Maisonneuve, Quebec, Canada

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Wiseman, BernardheadMW39MRussia
Wiseman, RebeccawifeFW32MRussia
Wiseman, SarahdaughterFW14SRussia
Wiseman, MauriesonMW10SRussia
Wiseman, MarydaughterFW8SRussia
Wiseman, JenniedaughterFW4SRussia
Wiseman, HarrysonMW2SQuebec
Wiseman, WilliesonMW1SQuebec

CensusCanada - Census transcript - Bernard Wiseman - Household

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Wiseman, BarnettheadMW49MRussiaCompany
Wiseman, RebeccawifeFW42MRomania
Wiseman, MorrissonMW19SRussiaTailor
Wiseman, MarydaughterFW17SQuebecTailor
Wiseman, JenniedaughterFW12SQuebecAt School
Wiseman, EldrichsonMW10SQuebecAt School
Wiseman, HarrysonMW8SQuebec
Wiseman, LouissonMW6SQuebec