The Shemwell Family

Emmett PattenAge: 60 years18841944

Name
Emmett Patten
Given names
Emmett
Surname
Patten
Birth March 20, 1884
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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
MarriageMary Ellen GarnerView this family
May 1, 1909 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 31 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 daughter
#1
Minnie Violet Patten
January 2, 1917 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 32 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 33 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 16, 1920 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 45 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
Marriage of a childLeeland Stanford ClapperMinnie Violet PattenView this family
March 27, 1937 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Stanley Dwayne Clapper
May 7, 1938 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 57 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
Death November 5, 1944 (Age 60 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Palisade Cemetery
Family with Mary Ellen Garner - View this family
himself
Emmett Patten
Birth: March 20, 1884Decatur, Kansas, United States
Death: November 5, 1944Clifton, Mesa, Colorado, United States
wife
Mary Ellen Garner
Birth: December 31, 1893Sanilac, Michigan, United States
Death: December 19, 1968Cheyenne, Kansas, United States
Marriage: May 1, 1909Yuma, Yuma, Colorado, United States
8 years
daughter
Minnie Violet Patten
Birth: January 2, 1917 32 23Traer, Decatur, Kansas, United States
Death: February 17, 2006Cheyenne, Kansas, United States

No family available

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Emmett Patten - Household

Cheyenne, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Patten, Emmett EheadOMMW37MYesYesKSNYNYYesLaborerLumber YardW
Patten, Mary EwifeFW26MYesYesMIMIMIYesNone
Patten, Roy EsonMW9SYesYesYesKSKSMIYesNone
Patten, Louis VsonMW8SYesYesYesKSKSMIYesNone
Patten, Sylvia IdaughterFW6SYesYesYesKSKSMIYesNone
Patten, William FsonMW5SKSKSMIYesNone
Patten, Minnie VdaughterFW2 years 11 monthsSKSKSMIYesNone
Patten, Norma PdaughterFW1 years 8 monthsSKSKSMIYesNone