The Shemwell Family

Emma NicholasAge: 37 years18661904

Name
Emma Nicholas
Given names
Emma
Surname
Nicholas
Married name
Emma Hollenback
Birth September 15, 1866
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 3 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 3 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 2 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 11 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageCharles Marion “Charley” HollenbackView this family
May 22, 1897 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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
Death 1904 (Age 37 years)
Family with Charles Marion “Charley” Hollenback - View this family
husband
herself
Emma Nicholas
Birth: September 15, 1866Delaware, Indiana, United States
Death: 1904Grant, Indiana, United States
Marriage: May 22, 1897Cass, Indiana, United States
Charles Marion “Charley” Hollenback + Velma Edith Young - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Velma Edith Young
Birth: June 6, 1883Alexandria, Madison, Indiana, United States
Death: August 6, 1961Frankfort, Clinton, Indiana, United States
Marriage: November 23, 1908Indiana, United States
Charles Marion “Charley” Hollenback + Elizabeth Edwards - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: March 6, 1912Clark, Indiana, United States
3 years
step-daughter
Vera Ruth Hollenback
Birth: January 20, 1915 45 21Frankfort, Clinton, Indiana, United States
Death: December 8, 2006Redfield, Oswego, New York, United States
17 months
step-son
Chester Eugene Hollenback
Birth: July 2, 1916 46 23Frankfort, Clinton, Indiana, United States
Death: October 16, 1985Tujunga, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
3 years
step-daughter
5 years
step-son
Charles Marion “Charley” Hollenback + Mary Elizabeth Dean - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Mary Elizabeth Dean
Birth: 1868Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: September 1, 1892Noble, Cass, Indiana, United States
Marriage: March 10, 1892Cass, Indiana, United States

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