The Shemwell Family

Elsie Agnes SkinnerAge: 93 years18781972

Name
Elsie Agnes Skinner
Given names
Elsie Agnes
Surname
Skinner
Married name
Elsie Agnes Estes
Birth October 25, 1878
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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
MarriageJoseph Franklin EstesView this family
September 20, 1906 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Hazel Agnes Estes
December 13, 1908 (Age 30 years)
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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/
Marriage of a childFloyd M FullerHazel Agnes EstesView this family
November 23, 1927 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 50 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Robert George Fuller
January 30, 1930 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Donald Eugene Fuller
March 7, 1936 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 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 of a husbandJoseph Franklin Estes
August 16, 1947 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 71 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 67 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
Death January 7, 1972 (Age 93 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Verdon Cemetery
Family with Joseph Franklin Estes - View this family
husband
Joseph Franklin Estes
Birth: August 26, 1880Loami, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Death: August 16, 1947Richardson, Nebraska, United States
herself
Elsie Agnes Skinner
Birth: October 25, 1878Webster City, Hamilton, Iowa, United States
Death: January 7, 1972Verdon, Richardson, Nebraska, United States
Marriage: September 20, 1906Stella, Richardson, Nebraska, United States
2 years
daughter
Hazel Agnes Estes
Birth: December 13, 1908 28 30Stella, Richardson, Nebraska, United States
Death: January 12, 2006Creston, Union, Iowa, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Franklin Estes - Household

West Muddy, Richardson, Nebraska, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Estes, JosephheadMW29M3ILPAILEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmOAYesYesR
Estes, ElsiewifeFW32M321IAPANYEnglishNoneYesYes
Estes, HazeldaughterFW1SNEILIAEnglishNone
Skinner, Elishafather-in-lawMW68WDPANYNYEnglishOwn incomeYesYes