The Shemwell Family

Idah Mae DeckerAge: 53 years18791932

Name
Idah Mae Decker
Given names
Idah Mae
Surname
Decker
Married name
Idah Mae Spry
Birth October 1879
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 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
MarriageAlbert Richard SpryView this family
August 26, 1899 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Elizabeth Spry
May 15, 1914 (Age 34 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/
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 40 years)
Death of a husbandAlbert Richard Spry
January 21, 1925 (Age 45 years)
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
Death December 6, 1932 (Age 53 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bowman Cemetery
Family with Albert Richard Spry - View this family
husband
Albert Richard Spry
Birth: October 5, 1874South Bend, Portage, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Death: January 21, 1925South Bend, Portage, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
herself
Idah Mae Decker
Birth: October 1879Michigan, United States
Death: December 6, 1932South Bend, Portage, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Marriage: August 26, 1899Berrien, Michigan, United States
15 years
daughter
Elizabeth Spry
Birth: May 15, 1914 39 34South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Death: February 16, 1960Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Albert Richard Spry - Household

South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Spry, AlbertheadRMW45MYesYesINEnglandEnglishMSYesStationery EngineerWagon FactoryW
Spry, Ida MwifeFW40MYesYesMIMIMIYes
Spry, Ella MdaughterFW18SNoYesYesINMIMIYes
Spry, Mary RdaughterFW11SYesYesYesINMIMIYes
Spry, DorothydaughterFW7SYesINMIMI
Spry, ElizabethdaughterFW5SYesININMINone