The Shemwell Family

Bennevile SchultzAge: 73 years18491922

Name
Bennevile Schultz
Given names
Bennevile
Surname
Schultz
Birth March 18, 1849
MarriageSarah Urfer KriebelView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 years)

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 17 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 17 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 19 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 28 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a son
#1
Jerome Kriebel Schultz
July 21, 1896 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 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
Census June 5, 1900 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 66 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 67 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 68 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 September 21, 1922 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Washington Schwenkfelder Cemetery
Family with Sarah Urfer Kriebel - View this family
himself
Bennevile Schultz
Birth: March 18, 1849East Greenville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: September 21, 1922Hereford, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
wife
Sarah Urfer Kriebel
Birth: October 11, 1861Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: March 7, 1929Hereford, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage:
son
Jerome Kriebel Schultz
Birth: July 21, 1896 47 34Hereford, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: September 26, 1960Marion, Indiana, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Bennevile Schultz - Household

Hereford, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Schultz, BennevileheadWMMar184951M10PAPAPAFarmer0YesYesYesOFF
Schultz, Sarah UwifeWFOct186138M1053PAPAPAYesYesYes
Schultz, MarydaughterWFJan18919SPAPAPAAt School8 1/2
Schultz, DelladaughterWFMar18955SPAPAPA
Schultz, JeromesonWMJul18963SPAPAPA