The Shemwell Family

Nancy Elizabeth TomnitzAge: 51 years18721923

Name
Nancy Elizabeth Tomnitz
Given names
Nancy Elizabeth
Surname
Tomnitz
Married name
Nancy Elizabeth Branson
Birth August 22, 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
MarriageHiram Berton BransonView this family
March 2, 1889 (Age 16 years)
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
Birth of a son
#1
Marvin Lee Branson
January 10, 1901 (Age 28 years)
Census April 15, 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/
Marriage of a childMarvin Lee BransonJuanita Ellen ChurchmanView this family
June 3, 1922 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Betty Jane Branson
January 24, 1923 (Age 50 years)
Death December 1, 1923 (Age 51 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Graceland Cemetery
Family with Hiram Berton Branson - View this family
husband
Hiram Berton Branson
Birth: December 28, 1869Gasconade, Missouri, United States
Death: 1952Gasconade, Missouri, United States
herself
Nancy Elizabeth Tomnitz
Birth: August 22, 1872Leduc, Gasconade, Missouri, United States
Death: December 1, 1923Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Marriage: March 2, 1889Gasconade, Missouri, United States
12 years
son
Marvin Lee Branson
Birth: January 10, 1901 31 28Missouri, United States
Death: November 4, 1965Riverside, California, United States

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Hiram Berton Branson - Household

Bourbois, Gasconade, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Branson, Berton HheadMW40M121MOMOVAEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmOAYesYesRF
Branson, MannowifeFW37M12195MOGermanyMOEnglishNoneYesYes
Branson, Bertie WsonMW17SMOMOMOEnglishNoneYesYes
Branson, Clarane AsonMW14SMOMOMOEnglishFarm LaborHome FarmWNo0YesYesYes
Branson, MamieEdaughterFW11SMOMOMOEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Branson, Marvin GsonMW9SMOMOMONoneYes
Branson, John EsonMW5SMOMOMONoneNo