The Shemwell Family

Virginia Eunice KerrAge: 47 years18871935

Name
Virginia Eunice Kerr
Given names
Virginia Eunice
Surname
Kerr
Married name
Virginia Eunice Tate
Birth October 19, 1887
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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
MarriageRobert Jefferson TateView this family
about 1912 (Age 24 years)
Note: Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 28 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 29 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 30 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/
Birth of a daughter
#1
Elinor Joan Tate
January 21, 1922 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 41 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
Census April 2, 1930 (Age 42 years)
Death of a husbandRobert Jefferson Tate
September 30, 1934 (Age 46 years)
Death June 22, 1935 (Age 47 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Colusa Community Cemetery
Family with Robert Jefferson Tate - View this family
husband
Robert Jefferson Tate
Birth: March 13, 1881California, United States
Death: September 30, 1934Colusa, California, United States
herself
Virginia Eunice Kerr
Birth: October 19, 1887Colusa, Colusa, California, United States
Death: June 22, 1935Colusa, California, United States
Marriage: about 1912Colusa, California, United States
10 years
daughter
Elinor Joan Tate
Birth: January 21, 1922 40 34California, United States
Death: 2016California, United States

Marriage
Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Robert Jefferson Tate - Household

Colusa, Colusa, California, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Tate, Robert JheadRRYesMW49M26NoYesCATNILYesFarmerGrain FarmingOYes
Tate, Virginia EwifeFW43M18NoYesCACanadaCanadaYesNone
Tate, Roberta VdaughterFW17SYesYesCACACAYesStudent
Tate, Richard LsonMW12SYesYesCACACAYesNone
Tate, Raymond JsonMW10SYesYesCACACAYesNone
Tate, Elinor JdaughterFW8SYesCACACANone