The Shemwell Family

Anna Wilhelmina SmithAge: 47 years18771924

Name
Anna Wilhelmina Smith
Given names
Anna Wilhelmina
Surname
Smith
Married name
Anna Wilhelmina Vanosdol
Birth February 20, 1877
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 10 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageWilliam Elbert VanosdolView this family
July 26, 1894 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 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 38 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 39 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 40 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 May 27, 1924 (Age 47 years)
Family with William Elbert Vanosdol - View this family
husband
William Elbert Vanosdol
Birth: January 14, 1875 28 31Tazewell, Illinois, United States
Death: December 9, 1946Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States
herself
Anna Wilhelmina Smith
Birth: February 20, 1877Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, United States
Death: May 27, 1924Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States
Marriage: July 26, 1894Tazewell, Illinois, United States

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