The Shemwell Family

Emma HornAge: 72 years18751947

Name
Emma Horn
Given names
Emma
Surname
Horn
Married name
Emma Romer
Birth December 15, 1875
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageGeorge RomerView this family
January 7, 1897 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 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
Clarence Leo Romer
February 1, 1907 (Age 31 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 40 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 41 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 42 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 53 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
Death of a husbandGeorge Romer
January 31, 1932 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 65 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 70 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 23, 1947 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Pulaski Cemetery
Family with George Romer - View this family
husband
George Romer
Birth: May 26, 1871Logan, Illinois, United States
Death: January 31, 1932Mount Pulaski, Logan, Illinois, United States
herself
Emma Horn
Birth: December 15, 1875Mount Pulaski, Logan, Illinois, United States
Death: December 23, 1947Morrison, Whiteside, Illinois, United States
Marriage: January 7, 1897Logan, Illinois, United States
10 years
son
Clarence Leo Romer
Birth: February 1, 1907 35 31Mount Pulaski, Logan, Illinois, United States
Death: March 23, 1958Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - George Romer - Household

Chester, Logan, Illinois, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Romer, GeorgeheadMW38M113ILGermanGermanEnglishFarmerGeneralEMPYesYesRF
Romer, Emma MwifeFW35M11353ILAt SeaGermanEnglishNoneYesYes
Romer, AmeliadaughterFW12SILILILEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Romer, NormadaughterFW7SILILILNoneYes
Romer, Clarence LsonMW3SILILILNone