The Shemwell Family

Jacobus L DemmerleAge: 90 years18651956

Name
Jacobus L Demmerle
Given names
Jacobus L
Surname
Demmerle
Also known as
Jacob L Demerly
Birth September 13, 1865
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 15 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 15 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 3 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 12 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageCarolina “Carrie” HubingerView this family
May 21, 1888 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1
John Lenard Demerly Sr
August 29, 1890 (Age 24 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Wilbert James Demerly
January 27, 1907 (Age 41 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Lenard Demerly SrFlorence May CarterView this family
February 13, 1907 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Gerald Anderson Demerly
February 15, 1910 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Avanell May Demerly
October 10, 1911 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 50 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a grandson
#4
John Lenard Demerly Jr
December 20, 1917 (Age 52 years)
Death of a grandsonJohn Lenard Demerly Jr
March 3, 1918 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 51 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 52 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/
Birth of a grandson
#5
Richard C Demerly
July 2, 1921 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 64 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 of a wifeCarolina “Carrie” Hubinger
December 17, 1932 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 76 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 84 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 80 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
Death June 13, 1956 (Age 90 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunset Memorial Park
Family with Carolina “Carrie” Hubinger - View this family
himself
wife
Carolina “Carrie” Hubinger
Birth: July 12, 1870Winnweiler, Kaiserslautern, Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Death: December 17, 1932Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
Marriage: May 21, 1888Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States
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son

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Carolina Demerly (nee Hubinger) Obituary and Family Listing LOGANSPORT PHAROS-TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1932. The funeral for Mrs. Caroline Demerly, who died Sunday at the home of her son, John Demerly in 614 Fifteenth street, was held Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock from St. Vincents Catholic church with the Rev. James Durham in charge. Burial was made in St. Boniface Cemetery at Lafayette, Ind.. https://pharostrib.newspaperarchive.com/logansport-pharos-tribune/1932-12-19/page-15/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62890797/caroline-demerly
Name
John L Demerly Obituary and Family Listing John L. Demerly Dies at Age 74 THE LOGANSPORT PRESS, LOGANSPORT, INDIANA WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13,1965 John L. Demerly, 74, of 1522 Smead St., died at 12:40 p.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Hospital after a lingering illness. Born Aug. 29,1890 in Lafayette, he was the son of Jake and Carline Hebinger Demerly. The retired Pennsylvania Railroad bridge inspector is survived by his wife, Rose; four sons, Wilbert of Dearborn, Mich., and Gerald (Jack), Richard and William all of Logansport; nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Two daughters, Avanelle and Norma Jean, and a son, John Jr., preceded him in death. Rites will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at McCloskey-Hamilton- Kahle Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Taylor officiating. Burial will be in Grass Creek Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52218607/john-lenard-demerly https://pharostrib.newspaperarchive.com/logansport-pharos-tribune/1965-01-13/page-14/