The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth Mary MastersonAge: 52 years18891941

Name
Elizabeth Mary Masterson
Given names
Elizabeth Mary
Surname
Masterson
Married name
Elizabeth Mary Lamb
Birth March 24, 1889
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 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
MarriageDonald Justin LambView this family
about 1913 (Age 23 years)
Note: Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Birth of a daughter
#1
Phyllis K Lamb
December 28, 1914 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 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 27 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 28 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 6, 1920 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 40 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
Death November 6, 1941 (Age 52 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Holy Cross Cemetery
Family with Donald Justin Lamb - View this family
husband
Donald Justin Lamb
Birth: April 27, 1894North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Death: December 30, 1983Westminster, Orange, California, United States
herself
Elizabeth Mary Masterson
Birth: March 24, 1889Williamstown, Oswego, New York, United States
Death: November 6, 1941Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States
Marriage: about 1913New York, United States
2 years
daughter
Phyllis K Lamb
Birth: December 28, 1914 20 25Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States
Death: April 6, 2005Rapid City, Pennington, South Dakota, United States

No family available

Marriage
Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Donald Justin Lamb - Household

Onondaga, New York, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Lamb, Donald JheadRMW25MYesYesNENYNYYesSalesmanGrocery SupplyW
Lamb, ElizabethwifeFW30MYesYesNYNYCTYesNone
Lamb, PhyllisdaughterFW5MNYNYNYNone
Lamb, ElizabethdaughterFW0 years 2 monthsSNYNYNYNone
Masterson, Kathleensis-in-lawFW21SYesYesNYNYCTYesStenographerLaw OfficeW