The Shemwell Family

Jacob Henry BohlanderAge: 74 years1866–1941

Name
Jacob Henry Bohlander
Given names
Jacob Henry
Surname
Bohlander
Birth March 1866
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 10 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 10 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
MarriageMary Kuehn — View this family
February 15, 1890 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Bertha Marie Bohlander
September 27, 1897 (Age 31 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
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/
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
Marriage of a childFrancis Albert Wilson — Bertha Marie Bohlander — View this family
November 25, 1934 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Alberta Marie Wilson
August 28, 1935 (Age 69 years)
Death of a granddaughterAlberta Marie Wilson
August 28, 1935 (Age 69 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 74 years)
Death January 2, 1941 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elwood Cemetery
Family with Mary Kuehn - View this family
himself
Jacob Henry Bohlander
Birth: March 1866 — Brookville, Franklin, Indiana, United States
Death: January 2, 1941 — Indiana, United States
wife
Mary Kuehn
Birth: June 3, 1868 — Franklin, Indiana, United States
Death: September 4, 1942 — Madison, Indiana, United States
Marriage: February 15, 1890 — Franklin, Indiana, United States
8 years
daughter
Bertha Marie Bohlander
Birth: September 27, 1897 31 29 — Madison, Indiana, United States
Death: April 8, 1980 — Indiana, United States

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Bertha Marie Bohlander - Household

Duck Creek, Madison, Indiana, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Bohlander, Jacob HheadMW74MNoIN
Bohlander, MarywifeFW71MNoIN
Wilson, Francisxson-in-lawMW57MNoINFarmerFarmOA520
Wilson, BerthadaughterFW42MNoIN