The Shemwell Family

Frederick Williams Lasky SrAge: 64 years18741938

Name
Frederick Williams Lasky Sr
Given names
Frederick Williams
Surname
Lasky
Name suffix
Sr
Birth May 30, 1874
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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
MarriageIda Belle GloverView this family
August 29, 1900 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Marguerite O “Margaret” Lasky
May 21, 1914 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 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 42 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 43 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/
Census January 2, 1920 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 55 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
Marriage of a childWesley Jefferson “WJ” GreenMarguerite O “Margaret” LaskyView this family
June 12, 1936 (Age 62 years)
Death September 25, 1938 (Age 64 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Colorado City Cemetery
Family with Ida Belle Glover - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: August 29, 1900Mitchell, Eastland, Texas, United States
14 years
daughter

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Frederick Williams Lasky Sr - Household

Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Lasky, F WheadRMW44MYesYesILGermanyGermanILYesProprietorCafeOA
Lasky, Ida BellwifeFW42MYesYesTXALKYYesCookCafeOA
Lasky, Fred JrsonMW17SNoYesYesTXILTXYesWaiterCafeW
Lasky, Anna BelldaughterFW15SYesYesYesTXILTXYesNone
Lasky, FranksonMW11SYesYesYesTXILTXYesNone
Lasky, RoysonMW8SYesYesYesTXILTXYes
Lasky, MargueritedaughterFW5STXILTX