The Shemwell Family

Carietta ClarkAge: 80 years18681949

Name
Carietta Clark
Given names
Carietta
Surname
Clark
Married name
Carietta Sayers
Birth October 29, 1868
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 2 months)

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 9 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageWilliam Q SayersView this family
June 12, 1889 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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
Ruth Lois Sayers
March 2, 1899 (Age 30 years)
Census June 18, 1900 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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/
Marriage of a childOtto Foster BruceRuth Lois SayersView this family
July 21, 1920 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Jeanette Bruce
September 26, 1921 (Age 52 years)
Shared note: Triplet Sisters
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Helen Bruce
September 26, 1921 (Age 52 years)
Shared note: Triplet Sisters
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Leone “Lowie” Bruce
September 26, 1921 (Age 52 years)
Shared note: Triplet Sisters
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 60 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 77 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 May 14, 1949 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
Family with William Q Sayers - View this family
husband
William Q Sayers
Birth: July 24, 1866Indiana, United States
Death: September 15, 1956Los Angeles, California, United States
herself
Carietta Clark
Birth: October 29, 1868Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana, United States
Death: May 14, 1949Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
Marriage: June 12, 1889Montgomery, Indiana, United States
10 years
daughter
Ruth Lois Sayers
Birth: March 2, 1899 32 30Mount Carroll, Carroll, Illinois, United States
Death: 1985Crown Point, Lake, Indiana, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William Q Sayers - Household

Mount Carroll, Carroll, Illinois, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Sayers, WilliamheadWMJul186732M11INININSalesmanOYesYesYesRH
Sayers, CarriewifeWFOct186831M1122INOHINYesYesYes
Sayers, HelendaughterWFjun18936SINININ
Sayers, RuthdaughterWFMar18991SILININ