The Shemwell Family

Johanna HemmingAge: 91 years18721964

Name
Johanna Hemming
Given names
Johanna
Surname
Hemming
Married name
Johanna Plagman
Birth December 18, 1872
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 5 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 25 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
MarriageAdolph PlagmanView this family
October 5, 1904 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Leona Plagman
August 4, 1905 (Age 32 years)
Census May 3, 1910 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 43 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 44 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 45 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 husbandAdolph Plagman
May 16, 1921 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
William Eugene “Billy” Snyder
August 18, 1929 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 56 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Dolores Lee Snyder
1937 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 68 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 granddaughterDolores Lee Snyder
December 6, 1950 (Age 77 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 77 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 73 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 May 5, 1964 (Age 91 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairmount Cemetery
Family with Adolph Plagman - View this family
husband
Adolph Plagman
Birth: November 11, 1862Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States
Death: May 16, 1921Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States
herself
Johanna Hemming
Birth: December 18, 1872Hamburg, Germany
Death: May 5, 1964Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States
Marriage: October 5, 1904Scott, Iowa, United States
10 months
daughter

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Adolph Plagman - Household

Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Plagman, AdolphheadMW47M16IAGermanyGermany1890EnglishLaborerOdd JobsWYes6YesYesOFH
Plagman, JohannawifeFW37M3555GermanyGermanyGermanyEnglishNoneYesYes
Theed, Ellastep daughterFW18SILGermanyGermanyEnglishNoneYesYesNo
Theed, Hermanstep sonMW17SIAGermanyGermanyEnglishStone CutterMarble WorksWNo0YesYesNo
Theed, Elizbethstep daugjterFW15SIAGermanyGermanyEnglishLaborerHome WorkWNo25YesYesNo
Osnabernigge, Walterstep sonMW11SIAGermanyGermanyEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Plagman, Leonason (s/b daughter)FW4SIAIAGermanyEnglishNoneNoNoNo