The Shemwell Family

Ida Jane Lewis1869

Name
Ida Jane Lewis
Given names
Ida Jane
Surname
Lewis
Married name
Ida Jane Couts
Birth April 1869
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869

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 8 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageWilliam Herman CoutsView this family
December 24, 1885 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Herman Dee Couts Sr
December 2, 1889 (Age 20 years)
Census 1895 (Age 25 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 46 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Marriage of a childHerman Dee Couts SrGladys Marie TroutmanView this family
1917 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Herman Dee Couts Jr
October 10, 1918 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 47 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 48 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 husbandWilliam Herman Couts
February 12, 1927 (Age 57 years)
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 72 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 80 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a sonHerman Dee Couts Sr
September 12, 1957 (Age 88 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 76 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
Deathunknown

Family with William Herman Couts - View this family
husband
William Herman Couts
Birth: February 1863Clarinda, Page, Iowa, United States
Death: February 12, 1927Alameda, California, United States
herself
Marriage: December 24, 1885Clarinda, Page, Iowa, United States
4 years
son
Herman Dee Couts Sr
Birth: December 2, 1889 26 20Tarkio, Atchison, Missouri, United States
Death: September 12, 1957Alameda, California, United States

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CensusIowa State - Census transcript - William Herman Couts - Household

Iowa, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Couts, WilliamheadMW32MIAMachinist
Couts, IdawifeFW26MIA
Couts, HermsonMW5SMO
Couts, FredsonMW1SIA