The Shemwell Family

Rita Marie LoxtermanAge: 21 years19091931

Name
Rita Marie Loxterman
Given names
Rita Marie
Surname
Loxterman
Married name
Rita Marie Hoffman
Married name
Rita Marie Hennings
Birth September 30, 1909 40 16
Census April 25, 1910 (Age 6 months)
Birth of a sisterDorothy L Loxterman
February 13, 1911 (Age 16 months)
Marriage of parentsCharles F LoxtermanPearl Ida TroutmanView this family
February 7, 1914 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherLester Leroy Loxterman
September 27, 1915 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a sisterMary Victory Loxterman
November 12, 1918 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 7 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 8 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 9, 1920 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherArnold Joseph “Oxie” Loxterman
August 20, 1920 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterLola Monteze Loxterman
February 12, 1922 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherHarold Wendel Loxterman
May 22, 1923 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterSadie Irene Loxterman
May 21, 1924 (Age 14 years)
Marriage of a parentWilliam Harry WebbPearl Ida TroutmanView this family
about 1925 (Age 15 years)
Note: Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Birth of a half-brotherCasmer Joseph Webb
May 8, 1926 (Age 16 years)
MarriageCarl Richard HoffmanView this family
June 25, 1926 (Age 16 years)
Marriage of a parentThomas William AltonPearl Ida TroutmanView this family
about 1928 (Age 18 years)
Note: Marriage info based on the 1930 Census
Birth of a half-brotherRichard Roland “Dick” Alton
July 31, 1929 (Age 19 years)
MarriageLouis J HenningsView this family
September 27, 1929 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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 19, 1930 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a half-brotherRobert Hutchinson Alton Sr
December 10, 1930 (Age 21 years)
Death August 23, 1931 (Age 21 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Calvary Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: February 7, 1914Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
-4 years
herself
Rita Marie Loxterman
Birth: September 30, 1909 40 16Missouri, United States
Death: August 23, 1931Jackson, Missouri, United States
16 months
younger sister
5 years
younger brother
Lester Leroy Loxterman
Birth: September 27, 1915 46 22Adams, Colorado, United States
Death: June 16, 1984Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
3 years
younger sister
Mary Victory Loxterman
Birth: November 12, 1918 49 25Missouri, United States
Death: July 4, 1997Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States
21 months
younger brother
Arnold Joseph “Oxie” Loxterman
Birth: August 20, 1920 51 26Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: July 6, 1971Gallatin, Daviess, Missouri, United States
18 months
younger sister
15 months
younger brother
1 year
younger sister
Sadie Irene Loxterman
Birth: May 21, 1924 54 30Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Death: July 27, 2000Lander, Nevada, United States
Mother’s family with Thomas William Alton - View this family
step-father
Thomas William Alton
Birth: December 6, 1867 27 25Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, United States
Death: January 30, 1948Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1928Missouri, United States
19 months
half-brother
16 months
half-brother
22 months
half-sister
Mother’s family with William Harry Webb - View this family
step-father
William Harry Webb
Birth: December 5, 1883 25 25Kansas, United States
Death: November 20, 1957Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1925Missouri, United States
16 months
half-brother
Casmer Joseph Webb
Birth: May 8, 1926 42 32Kansas City, Platte, Missouri, United States
Death: May 29, 2006Palmetto, Manatee, Florida, United States
Family with Carl Richard Hoffman - View this family
husband
Carl Richard Hoffman
Birth: December 12, 1898Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: October 20, 1971Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
herself
Rita Marie Loxterman
Birth: September 30, 1909 40 16Missouri, United States
Death: August 23, 1931Jackson, Missouri, United States
Marriage: June 25, 1926Leavenworth, Kansas, United States
Family with Louis J Hennings - View this family
husband
herself
Rita Marie Loxterman
Birth: September 30, 1909 40 16Missouri, United States
Death: August 23, 1931Jackson, Missouri, United States
Marriage: September 27, 1929Jackson, Missouri, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Charles F Loxterman - Household

Quintelle, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Loxterman, Charles FheadMW35M11PAGermanyGermanyEnglishCarpenterHouseWNo0YesYesRH
Loxterman, Pearl IwifeFW19M1111KSILILEnglishNoneYesYesNo
Loxterman, Rita MdaughterFW0 years 12 monthsSMOPAKSNone

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles F Loxterman - Household

Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Loxterman, ChasheadRMW50MYesYesPAGermanyGermanGermanyGermanYesCarpenterFactoryW
Loxterman, Pearl wifeFW29MYesYesKSMOMOYesCookRestaurantW
Loxterman, BerthadaughterFW10SYesYesYesMOPAKSYesNone
Loxterman, DorothydaughterFW8SYesYesYesKSPAKSYesNone
Loxterman, LestersonMW4SNoNoNoCOPAKSYesNone
Loxterman, VictorydaughterFW1SNoNoMOPAKSYesNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Rita Marie Loxterman - Household

Dover, Lafayette, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Henning, MarieboarderFW24SNoYesMOMOMOYesTeacherPublic SchoolWYes

Name
Pearl I Alton (nee Troutman) Obituary and Family Listing MRS. PEARL I. ALTON Mrs. Pearl I. Alton, 86, of 1005 Broadway, died Thursday at Bap- tist Memorial Hospital. She was born in Salina, Kas., and lived here 60 vears. She was employed by the Hotel Muehlebach before she retired. Mrs. Alton was a member of the Order of the East- ern Star Surviving are six sons, Robert H. Alton, 1025 Askew, Wil- liam Loxterman, Pennsylvania, Arnold Loxterman, Gallatin, Mo; Harold Loxterman, 2407 Woodend, Kansas City, Kansas: Joseph Webb, Muskegon. Mich, and Rich- ard Alton, California; five daugh- ters, Mrs Dorothy Kaserman, 2732 Charlotte: Mrs Victoria Soule and Mra. Sadie Crawford, both of Martinez, Calif, Mrs. Lola Sulli- van, Toledo, O.. and Mra. Martha Jane Zoellers, 5821 Hedges, Ray- town, 39 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Monday at the Stine & McClure chapel; buri- al in White Chapel cemetery. Friends mav call from 7 to 8:30 o'clock Sunday night at the chapel. https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Pearl+Ida_Troutman&birth=1890_Kansas&death=1970_Kansas+City-Jackson-Missouri-United+States&child=Rita+M_Loxterman&child2=Lester_Loxterman&child3=Mary+Victory_Loxterman&child4=Lola_Loxterman&child5=Sadie+Irene_Loxterman&child6=Robert+Hutchinson_Alton&father=John+Ambrose_Troutman&gender=f&marriage=1914&mother=Lurah+Elisabeth_Leonard&spouse=Charles+F_Loxterman&spouse2=Thomas+W_Alton&types=p
Name
Charles Loxterman Obituary and Family Listing Charlies #. Loxterman, 72, of 928 &t. James Street, who died Sunday, will be buried tomorrow in Calvary Cemetery. His funeral will be from the Charles A. Lacy Chapel, 5834 Ellsworth Avenue, with requiem mass in St. Paul's Cathedral at 11 a. m. ) Born in the 6hadyside district. Mr, Loxterman Was a retired car- penter and resided from 1906 until 1980 in the West. He is survived by a son, Lester; a brother, Joseph, and three sis- ters, Mrs. M Obermeyer, Mrs. Annie McQuillen and Mrs. Kath- erine O'Brien all of Pittsburgh. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112924471/charles-f-loxterman