The Shemwell Family

Name
Naomi Ella Bruce
Given names
Naomi Ella
Surname
Bruce
Married name
Naomi Ella Light
Birth April 15, 1859 22 19
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census June 6, 1860 (Age 13 months)
Birth of a brotherAlfred Bruce
June 28, 1861 (Age 2 years)
Death of a brotherAlfred Bruce
July 15, 1862 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherAaron Bruce
January 26, 1863 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 23 months)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 7 years)
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 7 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterEmma Alice Bruce
January 3, 1868 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 9 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
Census July 14, 1870 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherOtto James Bruce
October 25, 1870 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherMilo Manoah Bruce
February 10, 1873 (Age 13 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherAbraham Bruce
August 21, 1874 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a sisterCora Vell Bruce
October 16, 1876 (Age 17 years)
MarriageWilliam Albert LightView this family
November 1, 1877 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a sisterDella J Bruce
February 3, 1878 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Bertha M Light
November 30, 1878 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 18 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 sisterDella J Bruce
February 7, 1879 (Age 19 years)
Census June 11, 1880 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a brotherLevi Bruce
May 25, 1882 (Age 23 years)
Death of a brotherLevi Bruce
May 31, 1882 (Age 23 years)
Death of a brotherAaron Bruce
September 17, 1882 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mabel Bertha Light
April 27, 1885 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Jessie V Light
January 28, 1890 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Verna N Light
November 22, 1892 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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
Marriage of a childFrank Victor HardyBertha M LightView this family
December 28, 1898 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Harold F Hardy
November 9, 1899 (Age 40 years)
Census June 4, 1900 (Age 41 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherAaron Hizer
October 24, 1901 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Herbert Light Hardy
February 19, 1902 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Sarah Naomi Hardy
May 13, 1907 (Age 48 years)
Marriage of a childByron NeffMabel Bertha LightView this family
October 9, 1907 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Ilo Annella Neff
August 28, 1908 (Age 49 years)
Census April 19, 1910 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
William Augustus Eikelberner
February 4, 1911 (Age 51 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah A Hoch
August 23, 1911 (Age 52 years)
Marriage of a childGlen Homer EikelbernerJessie V LightView this family
August 21, 1912 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Ercil Amy Neff
December 31, 1913 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Lucille Margaret Eikelberner
October 28, 1914 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 56 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 57 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 58 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 granddaughter
#8
Doris Neff
March 7, 1919 (Age 59 years)
Death of a granddaughterDoris Neff
March 7, 1919 (Age 59 years)
Census January 8, 1920 (Age 60 years)
Death of a fatherDaniel Bruce
July 19, 1920 (Age 61 years)
Death of a motherSarah Elizabeth Hizer
October 28, 1921 (Age 62 years)
Death of a sisterEmma Alice Bruce
July 22, 1926 (Age 67 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Albert Light
January 3, 1929 (Age 69 years)
Marriage of a childFred Sutton EikelbernerVerna N LightView this family
June 8, 1929 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 70 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
Census April 19, 1930 (Age 71 years)
Census April 25, 1940 (Age 81 years)
Death of a grandsonHarold F Hardy
November 4, 1943 (Age 84 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 82 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
Death of a brotherMilo Manoah Bruce
March 5, 1947 (Age 87 years)
Census April 13, 1950 (Age 90 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 90 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 86 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 November 29, 1952 (Age 93 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Hope Cemetery
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