The Shemwell Family

Edmund Brader FloydAge: 69 years18641933

Name
Edmund Brader Floyd
Given names
Edmund Brader
Surname
Floyd
Birth January 31, 1864
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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 2 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 2 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 4 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 13 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageCatharine A DillonView this family
September 30, 1886 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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
Ralph Eugene Floyd
August 24, 1904 (Age 40 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 51 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 52 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 53 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 65 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Sharon Lee Floyd
April 24, 1930 (Age 66 years)
Death May 21, 1933 (Age 69 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Calvary Cemetery
Family with Catharine A Dillon - View this family
himself
Edmund Brader Floyd
Birth: January 31, 1864Pennsylvania, United States
Death: May 21, 1933Gary, Lake, Indiana, United States
wife
Catharine A Dillon
Birth: May 15, 1867Pennsylvania, United States
Death: October 22, 1948Gary, Lake, Indiana, United States
Marriage: September 30, 1886Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
18 years
son
Ralph Eugene Floyd
Birth: August 24, 1904 40 37New York, United States
Death: February 25, 1993Porter, Indiana, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Edmund Brader Floyd - Household

Lackawanna, Erie, New York, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Floyd, Edmund BheadMW44M124PAEnglandPAEnglishEngineerStationaryWNo0YesYesRH
Floyd, Catharine AwifeFW44M124105PAEnglandEnglandEnglishNoneYesYes
Floyd, Percy TsonMW20PAPAPAEnglishMachinistApprenticeWNo26YesYes
Floyd, Geraldine MdaughterFW19PAPAPAEnglishSalesladyDepartment StoreWNo40YesYes
Floyd, Le Roy LsonMW14NYPAPAEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Floyd, Ralph EsonMW5SNYPAPANone