The Shemwell Family

Mildred Ann “Millie” NolanAge: 78 years18661945

Name
Mildred Ann “Millie” Nolan
Given names
Mildred Ann
Surname
Nolan
Married name
Mildred Ann Harvey
Nickname
Millie
Birth November 8, 1866
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 54 days)
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 54 days)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 2 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 11 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageJohn Washington HarveyView this family
June 11, 1889 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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
Geneva Madeline Harvey
June 25, 1904 (Age 37 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on Social Security Death Index
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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 childMichael A SnyderGeneva Madeline HarveyView this family
June 20, 1922 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 62 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 75 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 February 27, 1945 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Hope Cemetery
Family with John Washington Harvey - View this family
husband
John Washington Harvey
Birth: February 16, 1866Royal Center, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: July 28, 1951Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
herself
Mildred Ann “Millie” Nolan
Birth: November 8, 1866Louisville, Nelson, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 27, 1945Silver Creek, Cass, Michigan, United States
Marriage: June 11, 1889Boone, Indiana, United States
15 years
daughter
Geneva Madeline Harvey
Birth: June 25, 1904 38 37Logansport, Indiana, United States
Death: June 13, 1998Arizona, United States

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - John Washington Harvey - Household

Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Harvey, John WheadMW42M120INININEnglishLawyerGeneral PracticeWYesYesOMH
Harvey, Minnie AwifeFW40M12011KYKYKYEnglishNoneYesYes
Harvey, LeahdaughterFW17SININKYEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Harvey, PortiadaughterFW15SININKYEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Harvey, WilliesonMW19SININKYEnglishClerkInsurance CoWYesYes
Harvey, MargueritedaughterFW9SININKYNoneYes
Harvey, EdmundsonMW7SININKYNoneYes
Harvey, Geneva MdaughterFW5SININKYNone