The Shemwell Family

Chrissie Elizabeth MooreAge: 85 years18771963

Name
Chrissie Elizabeth Moore
Given names
Chrissie Elizabeth
Surname
Moore
Married name
Chrissie Elizabeth Duckett
Birth August 2, 1877 28 27
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 months)

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 2 years)
Birth of a brotherMartha C Moore
May 27, 1883 (Age 5 years)
Death of a motherMartha Cordelia Thompson
July 3, 1883 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 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
Death of a brotherMartha C Moore
after 1900 (Age 22 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherAlexander Thompson
April 10, 1903 (Age 25 years)
MarriageJames Thomas “Tom” DuckettView this family
August 1, 1903 (Age 25 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherOrva Adaline Holland
March 29, 1909 (Age 31 years)
Death of a fatherRichard Wood Moore Jr
December 2, 1916 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 38 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 41 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 39 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 40 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 52 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 sisterEffie Florence Moore
February 22, 1940 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 64 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 72 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a husbandJames Thomas “Tom” Duckett
March 31, 1955 (Age 77 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 68 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 February 8, 1963 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Inglewood Park Cemetery
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
elder sister
Effie Florence Moore
Birth: May 6, 1875 26 25Lookwood, Dade, Missouri, United States
Death: February 22, 1940Ontario, San Bernardino, California, United States
2 years
herself
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 James Thomas “Tom” Duckett - View this family
husband
James Thomas “Tom” Duckett
Birth: October 20, 1877Cedar, Dade, Missouri, United States
Death: March 31, 1955Los Angeles, California, United States
herself
Chrissie Elizabeth Moore
Birth: August 2, 1877 28 27Lockwood, Dade, Missouri, United States
Death: February 8, 1963Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: August 1, 1903Pierce City, Lawrence, Missouri, United States

Chrissie Elizabeth 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