The Shemwell Family

Margaret Ella HarringtonAge: 27 years19081935

Name
Margaret Ella Harrington
Given names
Margaret Ella
Surname
Harrington
Birth 1908 29 27
Birth of a sisterRuth Harrington
December 7, 1910 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherRussell Harrington
1911 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Patrick Harrington
December 4, 1912 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Harrington
December 25, 1913 (Age 5 years)
Death of a brotherRussell Harrington
1914 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterNettie Blanche Harrington
May 1, 1916 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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/
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterFlorence Marie Harrington
July 15, 1921 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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 1935 (Age 27 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: December 11, 1902Fulton, Indiana, United States
6 months
elder brother
Ralph Francis Harrington
Birth: June 1, 1903 24 22Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: May 5, 1969Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
2 years
elder sister
Grace Harrington
Birth: June 14, 1905 26 24Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: 1997Arizona, United States
4 years
herself
Margaret Ella Harrington
Birth: 1908 29 27Indiana, United States
Death: 1935Indiana, United States
3 years
younger sister
Ruth Harrington
Birth: December 7, 1910 31 30Culver, Marshall, Indiana, United States
Death: October 26, 2004South Bend, Indiana, United States
13 months
younger brother
Russell Harrington
Birth: 1911 32 30Indiana, United States
Death: 1914Indiana, United States
23 months
younger brother
John Patrick Harrington
Birth: December 4, 1912 33 32Culver, Marshall, Indiana, United States
Death: July 2, 1996Mishawaka, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States
13 months
younger sister
Mary Harrington
Birth: December 25, 1913 35 33Indiana, United States
Death: April 26, 1970Indiana, United States
2 years
younger sister
Nettie Blanche Harrington
Birth: May 1, 1916 37 35Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: March 26, 2003Monticello, White, Indiana, United States
5 years
younger sister
Florence Marie Harrington
Birth: July 15, 1921 42 40Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Death: April 30, 2014Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - George Harrington - Household

Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Harrington, GeorgeheadRMW41MYesYesINIRIrishINYesDay LaborFactoryW
Harrington, MargaretwifeFW40MYesYesININIAYesNone
Harrington, RalphsonMW16SNoYesYesINININYesAgentRailroadW
Harrington, GracedaughterFW14SYesYesYesINININ
Harrington, MargaretdaughterFW11SYesYesYesINININ
Harrington, RuthdaughterFW9SYesINININ
Harrington, JohniesonMW7SYesINININ
Harrington, MarydaughterFW6SYesINININ
Harrington, Nettie BdaughterFW3 years 7 monthsSINININ