The Shemwell Family

Everett Marston RitterAge: 85 years18691954

Name
Everett Marston Ritter
Given names
Everett Marston
Surname
Ritter
Birth February 9, 1869 31 26
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869

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
Census July 30, 1870 (Age 17 months)
Birth of a sisterPrudence Evelyn Ritter
February 29, 1872 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterAnna Ritter
1875 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterJulia Ritter
1876 (Age 6 years)
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
Birth of a brotherCharles Ritter
1879 (Age 9 years)
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a sisterBertha Jane Ritter
June 7, 1882 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterBertie Ritter
June 7, 1882 (Age 13 years)
Census 1885 (Age 15 years)
Census January 1, 1895 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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
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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 60 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 72 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 sisterPrudence Evelyn Ritter
1951 (Age 81 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 80 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 76 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 December 31, 1954 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount View Cemetery
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Marriage: September 12, 1861LaGrange, Indiana, United States
5 years
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Everett Marston Ritter
Birth: February 9, 1869 31 26Indiana, United States
Death: December 31, 1954Cody, Park, Wyoming, United States
3 years
younger sister
4 years
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
4 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
younger sister
Bertie Ritter
Birth: June 7, 1882 44 39Clear Creek Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States
Death:

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Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Jeremiah Ritter - Household

Clearspring, LaGrange, Indiana, United Sta

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Ritter, J Whead32MWFarm Laborer330OHx
Ritter, Margaretwife27FWKeeping HouseIN
Ritter, Marydaughter3FWIN
Ritter, Edwardson1MWIN

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Jeremiah Ritter - Household

Clear Creek, Jasper, Iowa, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Ritter, GerryWM41headMOHPAPA
Ritter, MargaretWF37wifeMINVAOH
Ritter, MaryWF13daughterSINOHIN
Ritter, EveredWM11sonSINOHIN
Ritter, PrudaWF7daughterSINOHIN
Ritter, JuliaWF3daughterSIAOHIN
Ritter, CharlesWM2sonSIAOHIN

CensusUnited States - Census transcript - Jeremiah Ritter - Household

Clear Creek, Jasper, Iowa, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Ritter, JeremiahheadMW46MOHFarmer
Ritter, MargaretwifeFW42MINKeeping House
Ritter, MarydaughterFW18SIN
Ritter, EverettsonMW16SIN
Ritter, PrudadaughterFW12SIN
Ritter, JuliadaughterFW9SIA
Ritter, CharlessonMW6SIA
Ritter, BirtydaughterFW2SIA
Ritter, Bertha JdaughterFW2SIA

CensusKansas State - Census transcript - Jeremiah Ritter - Household

Jasper, Iowa, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Ritter, JerryheadMW56MOHFarming
Ritter, MargaretwifeFW52MINKeeping House
Ritter, EverardsonMW26SIN
Ritter, CharliesonMW16SOAFarming
Ritter, BertiedaughterFW12SIA
Ritter, Bertha JdaughterFW12SIA