The Shemwell Family

Robert A WindersAge: 66 years18701936

Name
Robert A Winders
Given names
Robert A
Surname
Winders
Birth about 1870

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 8 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
Ora B Winders
October 16, 1890 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a daughter
#2
Vera Winders
about 1894 (Age 24 years)

MarriageAddie B EdwardsView this family
February 13, 1895 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a son
#3
Orvin Winders
about 1898 (Age 28 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 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
Birth of a daughter
#4
Alene M Winders
about 1900 (Age 30 years)

Birth of a daughter
#5
Mattie R Winders
about 1904 (Age 34 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 46 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 47 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 48 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 59 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
Death 1936 (Age 66 years)

Family with Addie B Edwards - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: February 13, 1895
-4 years
daughter
4 years
daughter
5 years
son
3 years
daughter
5 years
daughter