The Shemwell Family

Alice Rose TurpinAge: 66 years18791945

Name
Alice Rose Turpin
Given names
Alice Rose
Surname
Turpin
Married name
Alice Rose Phillips
Birth March 10, 1879
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
MarriageOscar Dent PhillipsView this family
July 29, 1903 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Helen Lucille Phillips
December 2, 1911 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 36 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 37 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 38 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
Census April 1930 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Richard Dale Gulick
June 8, 1942 (Age 63 years)
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 August 15, 1945 (Age 66 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Union Cemetery
Family with Oscar Dent Phillips - View this family
husband
Oscar Dent Phillips
Birth: September 27, 1873Adams, Coshocton, Ohio, United States
Death: March 1963Oreana, Macon, Illinois, United States
herself
Alice Rose Turpin
Birth: March 10, 1879Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: August 15, 1945Oreana, Macon, Illinois, United States
Marriage: July 29, 1903Oreana, Macon, Illinois, United States
8 years
daughter
Helen Lucille Phillips
Birth: December 2, 1911 38 32Oreana, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: November 14, 1991Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Oscar Dent Phillips - Household

Whitmore, Macon, Illinois, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Phillips, OscarheadO2000RYesMW56M29NoYesOHOHOHYesFarmerOwn FarmOYes
Phillips, AlicewifeFW51M24NoYesILINKYYesNone
Phillips, DorothydaughterFW20SYesYesILOHILYesNone
Phillips, Helen LdaughterFW18SYesYesILOHILYesNone