The Shemwell Family

Adela Amos Gorrell1866

Name
Adela Amos Gorrell
Given names
Adela Amos
Surname
Gorrell
Birth June 7, 1866 27 21
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 6 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 6 months)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterSusan W Gorrell
1868 (Age 18 months)
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
Census June 8, 1870 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherBenjamin Gorrell
1872 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterEmma Gorrell
October 1872 (Age 6 years)
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
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary H Tabb
April 20, 1880 (Age 13 years)
Census June 17, 1880 (Age 14 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Boley Gorrell
September 14, 1881 (Age 15 years)
MarriageEliza CurryView this family
1891 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Phillip Raymond Gorrell
February 1892 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Edith Gorrell
December 4, 1894 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Richard Gorrell
December 1896 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 fatherWilliam Taylor Gorrell
May 25, 1899 (Age 32 years)
Census June 12, 1900 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Lida Mae Gorrell
June 17, 1900 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Martha Inez Gorrell
December 16, 1902 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Mary Emma Gorrell
December 23, 1904 (Age 38 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 motherInez Albertine Glasscock
June 5, 1921 (Age 54 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 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 83 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 79 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 10, 1864Pettis, Missouri, United States
2 years
himself
3 years
younger sister
5 years
younger brother
10 months
younger sister
Emma Gorrell
Birth: October 1872 33 27Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death:
Family with Eliza Curry - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: 1891Texas, United States
14 months
son
Phillip Raymond Gorrell
Birth: February 1892 25 20Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
Death:
3 years
daughter
2 years
son
4 years
daughter
3 years
daughter
2 years
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Census1870 United States - Census transcript - William Taylor Gorrell - Household

Pettis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Gorrell, Wm Thead31MWfarmerKY
Gorrell, Inez wife25FWMO
Gorrell, Adela Adaughter4FWMO
Gorrell, Susan Wdaughter2FWMO

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - William Taylor Gorrell - Household

Pettis, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Gorrell, William WM41headMfarmerKYKYVA
Gorrell, Inez WF35wifeMMOVAVA
Gorrell, Adela WM14sonSMOKYMO
Gorrell, BenjaminWM8sonSMOKYMO
Gorrell, EmmaWF7daughterSMOKYMO

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Adela Amos Gorrell - Household

Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Gorrell, Adela headWMJun186633M8MOKYMOBlacksmith railroad
Gorrell, ElizawifeWFJul187128M833MOILIL
Gorrell, RaymondsonWMFeb18928SMOMOMO
Gorrell, EdithdaughterWFDec18945SMOMOMO
Gorrell, RichardsonWMDec18963STXMOMO