The Shemwell Family

Justin Orion McBurneyAge: 69 years18661935

Name
Justin Orion McBurney
Given names
Justin Orion
Surname
McBurney
Birth February 1, 1866
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 11 months)
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 11 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 2 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 11 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageBertha Belle McBurneyView this family
December 26, 1894 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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
Justin Wilbur McBurney
August 30, 1916 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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/
Death of a wifeBertha Belle McBurney
December 20, 1926 (Age 60 years)
MarriageMary Adalline “Addie” WilliamsView this family
August 23, 1929 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 63 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
Census April 12, 1930 (Age 64 years)
Death February 5, 1935 (Age 69 years)
Family with Mary Adalline “Addie” Williams - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: August 23, 1929Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, United States
Family with Bertha Belle McBurney - View this family
himself
wife
Bertha Belle McBurney
Birth: December 8, 1874Odessa, Lafayette, Missouri, United States
Death: December 20, 1926Hemet, Riverside, California, United States
Marriage: December 26, 1894Lafayette, Missouri, United States
22 years
son
Justin Wilbur McBurney
Birth: August 30, 1916 50 41Hemet, Riverside, California, United States
Death: March 29, 1991Rialto, San Bernardino, California, United States
Andrew G Rogers + Mary Adalline “Addie” Williams - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: January 3, 1903Neosho, Newton, Missouri, United States
3 years
step-son
Glenn Andrew Rogers
Birth: May 30, 1906 29 24Missouri, United States
Death: July 16, 1937Los Angeles, California, United States
4 years
step-son
Earl William Rogers
Birth: January 5, 1910 33 27Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: July 4, 1999Carlsbad, San Diego, California, United States

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Justin Orion McBurney - Household

East Florida Ave. Hemet, Riverside, California

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
McBurney, Justin OheadMW64M28OHOHOHManagerSeed & flower store
McBurney, Adeline MwifeFW48M21MOMOMO
Rogers, Glenn Ason in lawMW23SMOMOMOPainterBuildings
McBurney, Wilbur JsonMW13SCAOHMO

Glenn A is a step son -b