The Shemwell Family

Emeline Amelia KeelerAge: 85 years18561942

Name
Emeline Amelia Keeler
Given names
Emeline Amelia
Surname
Keeler
Married name
Emeline Amelia Marsh
Birth June 20, 1856
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 months)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 10 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 10 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 12 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 21 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageBurritt MarshView this family
September 3, 1885 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Miles Lucius Marsh
December 22, 1886 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 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 April 15, 1910 (Age 53 years)
Marriage of a childMiles Lucius MarshHelen Louise BarnettView this family
April 17, 1912 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Victoria Louise Marsh
July 2, 1913 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Helen Amelia Marsh
December 12, 1915 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 59 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a grandson
#3
Phillip Andrew Marsh
February 13, 1918 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 60 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 61 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/
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Elizabeth Anne Marsh
November 23, 1919 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Ruth Marsh
October 4, 1923 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Miles Burritt Marsh
September 2, 1928 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 73 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 husbandBurritt Marsh
August 20, 1939 (Age 83 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 85 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 May 27, 1942 (Age 85 years)
Family with Burritt Marsh - View this family
husband
Burritt Marsh
Birth: January 1846Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Death: August 20, 1939Northfield Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
herself
Emeline Amelia Keeler
Birth: June 20, 1856Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Death: May 27, 1942Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States
Marriage: September 3, 1885Connecticut, United States
16 months
son

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Emeline Amelia Keeler - Household

Manhattan, New York, New York, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Marsh, EmelineheadFW55M12411CTCTCTEnglishMatronEllis IslandW0YesYesRH
Marsh, Miles LsonMW23SCTCTCTEnglishStenographerNew OfficeW0YesYes
Keeler, Elizabeth MmotherFW86WDCTCTCTEnglishOwn IncomeYesYes