The Shemwell Family

Nellie Ponder MintonAge: 62 years18801943

Name
Nellie Ponder Minton
Given names
Nellie Ponder
Surname
Minton
Married name
Nellie Ponder Hughes
Birth October 1880 25 24
Death of a fatherWilliam Thomas Minton
February 17, 1881 (Age 4 months)
Marriage of a parentWilliam N FlansburgNancy Saphronia “Nannie” PonderView this family
about 1890 (Age 9 years)

Birth of a half-sisterEthel Flansburg
July 8, 1891 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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
Census June 4, 1900 (Age 19 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWillis Miles Ponder
April 9, 1904 (Age 23 years)
MarriageAlbert W HughesView this family
August 3, 1904 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Margaret Clair Hughes
July 29, 1905 (Age 24 years)
Census April 30, 1910 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a husbandAlbert W Hughes
after 1916 (Age 35 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 36 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 37 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/
Census January 3, 1920 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 49 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
Census April 12, 1930 (Age 49 years)
Census April 19, 1940 (Age 59 years)
Death of a motherNancy Saphronia “Nannie” Ponder
April 23, 1941 (Age 60 years)
Death of a sisterMary A Minton
October 30, 1941 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 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 9, 1943 (Age 62 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tacoma Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
William Thomas Minton
Birth: March 23, 1855Missouri, United States
Death: February 17, 1881Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
mother
Marriage: September 6, 1877Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
1 year
elder sister
Mary A Minton
Birth: August 1878 23 22Arkansas, United States
Death: October 30, 1941Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States
2 years
herself
Nellie Ponder Minton
Birth: October 1880 25 24Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 9, 1943Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States
Mother’s family with William N Flansburg - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: about 1890
18 months
half-sister
Ethel Flansburg
Birth: July 8, 1891 35Puyallup, Pierce, Washington, United States
Death: June 16, 1979Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States
Family with Albert W Hughes - View this family
husband
herself
Nellie Ponder Minton
Birth: October 1880 25 24Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 9, 1943Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States
Marriage: August 3, 1904Seattle, King, Washington, United States
1 year
daughter
Margaret Clair Hughes
Birth: July 29, 1905 43 24Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States
Death: 1969Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Nancy Saphronia “Nannie” Ponder - Household

305 27th Street Tacoma, Pierce, Washington

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Flansburg, Nannie SheadWFOct185544Wd933MOTNMOHousekeeper
Minton, Mary AdaughterWFAug187821SARMOMOLaundry
Minton, Nellie PdaughterWFOct188019SARMOMO?? Shoe Factory
Flansburg, EtheldaughterWFJul18918SWANYMOAt School

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Albert W Hughes - Household

S. 40th Tacoma, Pierce, Washington

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Hughes, Albert WheadMW48M16NC??OwnerLumber Mill
Hughes, Nellie PwifeFW30M1611ARMOMO
Hughes, MargaretdaughterFW5SWANCAR

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Nellie Ponder Minton - Household

S. 40th Street Tacoma, Pierce, Washington

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Hughes, Nellie PheadFW39WdARMOMOTelephone OperatorRailroad Off.
Hughes, MargaretdaughterFW14SWAARNC
Flansburgn, Nannie SmotherFW64WdMOTNMO
Minton, Mary AsisterFW41SARMOMOTeacherPublic School
Flansburg, EthelsisterFW28SWAMOMOStenographerRailroad Co.

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Nellie Ponder Minton - Household

1303 S. 40th Tacoma, Pierce, Washington

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Hughes, Nellie BheadFW48Wd24ARUSMOTelephone ??Northern Pacific
Hughes, Margaret CdaughterFW24SWANCARTeacherHigh School
Flansburg, NanniemotherFW74WdMOTNMOHousewife
Minton, Mary AsisterFW52SARUSMOTeacherSchool

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Mary A Minton - Household

1303 S. 40th Tacoma, Pierce, Washington

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Minton, Mary AheadFW61SARTeacherPublic School
Hughes, Nellieyounger sisterFW59DAROUX OperatorRailroad
Hughes, Margaret CnieceFW34SWATeacherPublic School