The Shemwell Family

Jonathon James RyanAge: 57 years18531910

Name
Jonathon James Ryan
Given names
Jonathon James
Surname
Ryan
Birth 1853
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 8 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 14 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 14 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 16 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 25 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a daughter
#1
Charlotte Bell “Lottie” Ryan
November 23, 1880 (Age 27 years)
Note: Birth info from Death Certificate
Birth of a daughter
#2
Clara Ann Ryan
November 27, 1881 (Age 28 years)
Marriage of a childBenjamin F BaldwinCharlotte Bell “Lottie” RyanView this family
August 18, 1897 (Age 44 years)
Marriage
Marriage of Daughter Charlotte to Benjamin Baldwin
August 18, 1897 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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
Marriage of a childMoses Heady LambertClara Ann RyanView this family
1899 (Age 46 years)
Note: Marriage info based on 1900 Census
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Edith Baldwin
July 14, 1901 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Edna Ethel Baldwin
June 29, 1903 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Pearl Irene Lambert
October 10, 1903 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Leonard Edwin Baldwin
November 11, 1907 (Age 54 years)
Census April 16, 1910 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 63 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 grandson
#5
Infant Baldwin
July 31, 1917 (Age 64 years)
Death of a grandsonInfant Baldwin
July 31, 1917 (Age 64 years)
Death of a daughterCharlotte Bell “Lottie” Ryan
July 31, 1917 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 64 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 65 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 of a granddaughterEdith Baldwin
April 24, 1920 (Age 67 years)
Death between 1910 and 1920 (Age 57 years)
Note: He is shown in the 1910 Census; but his wife is shown as a "Widow" in the 1920 Census
Family with Charlotte Elizabeth Cadwell - View this family
himself
wife
Charlotte Elizabeth Cadwell
Birth: February 4, 1845Indiana, United States
Death: March 5, 1927Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
daughter
1 year
daughter
Clara Ann Ryan
Birth: November 27, 1881 28 36Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States
Death: July 21, 1966Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Jonathon James Ryan - Household

San Bernardino, California, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Ryan, JohnathanheadMW57M137ILOHVAEnglishPeddlerFruitOAYesYesOMH
Ryan, CharlottewifeFW65M13763INNYOHEnglishNoneYesYes

Name
Clara Ann Lambert (nee Ryan) Obituary and Family Listing Mrs. Clara Anne Lambert, 84, of 120 West Seventy-eighth street, died yesterday at a nursing home at 3018 Charlotte. She was born in Emporia, Kas. Surviving are a son, Hugh Lambert, Springfield Mo.; two daughters. Mrs. Ethel May Al- corn, and Mrs. Pearl Baldwin, both of the home; seven grand- children and six great-grandchil- dren. Services will be held at 1 o’clock Saturday at the Floral Hills chapel; burial in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens cemetery. Friends may call after 7 o'clock Friday night at the chapel.
Death
He is shown in the 1910 Census; but his wife is shown as a "Widow" in the 1920 Census