The Shemwell Family

Charlotte Elizabeth CadwellAge: 82 years18451927

Name
Charlotte Elizabeth Cadwell
Given names
Charlotte Elizabeth
Surname
Cadwell
Married name
Charlotte Elizabeth Ryan
Birth February 4, 1845
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 10 months)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 11 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 16 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 21 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 21 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 23 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 32 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 35 years)
Note: Birth info from Death Certificate
Birth of a daughter
#2
Clara Ann Ryan
November 27, 1881 (Age 36 years)
Marriage of a childBenjamin F BaldwinCharlotte Bell “Lottie” RyanView this family
August 18, 1897 (Age 52 years)
Marriage
Marriage of Daughter Charlotte to Benjamin Baldwin
August 18, 1897 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 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 53 years)
Note: Marriage info based on 1900 Census
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Edith Baldwin
July 14, 1901 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Edna Ethel Baldwin
June 29, 1903 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Pearl Irene Lambert
October 10, 1903 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Leonard Edwin Baldwin
November 11, 1907 (Age 62 years)
Census April 16, 1910 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Infant Baldwin
July 31, 1917 (Age 72 years)
Death of a husbandJonathon James Ryan
between 1910 and 1920 (Age 64 years)
Note: He is shown in the 1910 Census; but his wife is shown as a "Widow" in the 1920 Census
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 70 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a grandsonInfant Baldwin
July 31, 1917 (Age 72 years)
Death of a daughterCharlotte Bell “Lottie” Ryan
July 31, 1917 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 71 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 72 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 1, 1920 (Age 74 years)
Death of a granddaughterEdith Baldwin
April 24, 1920 (Age 75 years)
Death March 5, 1927 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Long Beach Municipal Cemetery
Family with Jonathon James Ryan - View this family
husband
herself
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

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charlotte Elizabeth Cadwell - Household

Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Ryan, ElizabethheadRFW74WdYesYesINNYOHYesServantPrivate FamilyW

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.