The Shemwell Family

Effie Florence MooreAge: 64 years18751940

Name
Effie Florence Moore
Given names
Effie Florence
Surname
Moore
Married name
Effie Florence Cushing
Birth May 6, 1875 26 25
Birth of a sisterChrissie Elizabeth Moore
August 2, 1877 (Age 2 years)
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
Census June 8, 1880 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherMartha C Moore
May 27, 1883 (Age 8 years)
Death of a motherMartha Cordelia Thompson
July 3, 1883 (Age 8 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
MarriageWilliam West “Willie” CushingView this family
March 22, 1899 (Age 23 years)
Death of a brotherMartha C Moore
after 1900 (Age 24 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherAlexander Thompson
April 10, 1903 (Age 27 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherOrva Adaline Holland
March 29, 1909 (Age 33 years)
Death of a fatherRichard Wood Moore Jr
December 2, 1916 (Age 41 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
Death of a brotherThomas Lafayette Moore
August 18, 1918 (Age 43 years)
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 54 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 February 22, 1940 (Age 64 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bellevue Memorial Park
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 18, 1870Newton, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder sister
15 months
elder brother
Thomas Lafayette Moore
Birth: April 4, 1873 23 23Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: August 18, 1918Van Buren, Arkansas, United States
2 years
herself
Effie Florence Moore
Birth: May 6, 1875 26 25Lookwood, Dade, Missouri, United States
Death: February 22, 1940Ontario, San Bernardino, California, United States
2 years
younger sister
Chrissie Elizabeth Moore
Birth: August 2, 1877 28 27Lockwood, Dade, Missouri, United States
Death: February 8, 1963Los Angeles, California, United States
6 years
younger brother
Martha C Moore
Birth: May 27, 1883 34 33Missouri, United States
Death: after 1900
Family with William West “Willie” Cushing - View this family
husband
William West “Willie” Cushing
Birth: December 6, 1875Marionville, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: February 18, 1947San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States
herself
Effie Florence Moore
Birth: May 6, 1875 26 25Lookwood, Dade, Missouri, United States
Death: February 22, 1940Ontario, San Bernardino, California, United States
Marriage: March 22, 1899Marionville, Lawrence, Missouri, United States

Effie Florence Moore has 21 first cousins recorded

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Richard Wood Moore Jr - Household

Buffalo, McDonald, Missouri

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Moore, RichardWM31headMFarmerALTNTN
Moore, Martha CWF30wifeMKeeping houseMOMOMO
Moore, Coria JWF8daughterSMO
Moore, Thomas LWM7sonSMO
Moore, Effie FWF5daughterSMO
Moore, ChrissieWF3daughterSMO