The Shemwell Family

Charles Ritter1879

Name
Charles Ritter
Given names
Charles
Surname
Ritter
Birth 1879 41 36
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 17 months)
Birth of a sisterBertha Jane Ritter
June 7, 1882 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterBertie Ritter
June 7, 1882 (Age 3 years)
Census 1885 (Age 6 years)
Census January 1, 1895 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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 37 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 38 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 39 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 50 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 62 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 72 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 71 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
Death of a brotherEverett Marston Ritter
December 31, 1954 (Age 75 years)
Death of a sisterBertha Jane Ritter
April 7, 1966 (Age 87 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 67 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
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Marriage: September 12, 1861LaGrange, Indiana, United States
5 years
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
Everett Marston Ritter
Birth: February 9, 1869 31 26Indiana, United States
Death: December 31, 1954Cody, Park, Wyoming, United States
3 years
elder sister
4 years
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
4 years
himself
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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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