The Shemwell Family

Ella Rhoda PhillipsAge: 58 years18831942

Name
Ella Rhoda Phillips
Given names
Ella Rhoda
Surname
Phillips
Married name
Ella Rhoda Keelin
Birth January 26, 1883

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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
MarriageWillis KeelinView this family
March 12, 1901 (Age 18 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 32 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 33 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 34 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 46 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 58 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 January 3, 1942 (Age 58 years)

Family with Willis Keelin - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: March 12, 1901
Willis Keelin + Flora M Hall - View this family
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husband’s wife
Marriage: January 9, 1896
3 years
step-daughter
Infant Keelin
Birth: June 28, 1898 22 20Saline, Illinois, United States
Death: June 28, 1898Saline, Illinois, United States
Willis Keelin + Ebba Sanberg - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
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