The Shemwell Family

Sarah Urfer KriebelAge: 67 years18611929

Name
Sarah Urfer Kriebel
Given names
Sarah Urfer
Surname
Kriebel
Married name
Sarah Urfer Schultz
Birth October 11, 1861
MarriageBennevile SchultzView this family
unknown

Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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 5 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 5 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 7 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 16 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 34 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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 38 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 54 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 55 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 56 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 of a husbandBennevile Schultz
September 21, 1922 (Age 60 years)
Death March 7, 1929 (Age 67 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Washington Schwenkfelder Cemetery
Family with Bennevile Schultz - View this family
husband
Bennevile Schultz
Birth: March 18, 1849East Greenville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: September 21, 1922Hereford, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
herself
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

No family available

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