The Shemwell Family

Maria Cleofes MartinezAge: 37 years18811919

Name
Maria Cleofes Martinez
Given names
Maria Cleofes
Surname
Martinez
Married name
Maria Cleofes Vigil
Birth April 7, 1881
MarriageJuan Migel VigilView this family
1896 (Age 14 years)
Shared note: Maria Cleofes Martinez (aka Mrs Cliofes Vigil) was listed as Juan's nearest relative on his WWI Draft Registration
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 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 daughter
#1
Rosa Anna Vigil
March 14, 1912 (Age 30 years)
Note: Birth date/location based on input from Nephew of Rosa Anna Vigil.
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 34 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 35 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 36 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 1919 (Age 37 years)

Family with Juan Migel Vigil - View this family
husband
Juan Migel Vigil
Birth: September 29, 1872Capulin, Conejos, Colorado, United States
Death: June 24, 1945Capulin, Conejos, Colorado, United States
herself
Marriage: 1896Capulin, Conejos, Colorado, United States
16 years
daughter
Rosa Anna Vigil
Birth: March 14, 1912 39 30Conejos, Colorado, United States
Death: March 10, 2000Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States

No family available

Marriage
Maria Cleofes Martinez (aka Mrs Cliofes Vigil) was listed as Juan's nearest relative on his WWI Draft Registration