The Shemwell Family

Robert Henry StreeterAge: 46 years18741921

Name
Robert Henry Streeter
Given names
Robert Henry
Surname
Streeter
Birth June 10, 1874 27 24
Death of a motherMatilda Mitchell
November 18, 1874 (Age 5 months)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 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 Austin Gillette
February 24, 1885 (Age 10 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherGeorge Washington Streeter
November 26, 1889 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherMargrum Mitchell
October 6, 1894 (Age 20 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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 maternal grandmotherSarah Ann Tainter
August 10, 1906 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 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 42 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 43 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 February 25, 1921 (Age 46 years)
Burial
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father
mother
Marriage: December 20, 1870Shell Rock, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States
1 year
elder brother
Horace Austin Streeter
Birth: December 10, 1871 24 22Shell Rock, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States
Death: February 13, 1950Spokane, Washington, United States
15 months
elder sister
Nettie Idonia “Ada” Streeter
Birth: March 25, 1873 26 23Freeborn, Minnesota, United States
Death: July 30, 1958East Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
15 months
himself
Robert Henry Streeter
Birth: June 10, 1874 27 24Shell Rock, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States
Death: February 25, 1921Palouse, Whitman, Washington, United States