The Shemwell Family

Ida May WallerAge: 51 years18741925

Name
Ida May Waller
Given names
Ida May
Surname
Waller
Married name
Ida May Reeves
Birth about 1874
MarriageJames ReevesView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 4 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
Lallah Reeves
May 11, 1895 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 42 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Marriage of a childLovelace Roscoe ShemwellLallah ReevesView this family
June 5, 1917 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Sammie Lougene Shemwell
May 14, 1918 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 43 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 44 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 7, 1920 (Age 46 years)
Death July 6, 1925 (Age 51 years)
Family with James Reeves - View this family
husband
herself
Ida May Waller
Birth: about 1874Kentucky, United States
Death: July 6, 1925Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
daughter
Lallah Reeves
Birth: May 11, 1895 41 21Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 20, 1976Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States

No family available

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Reeves - Household

Oak Level, Marshall, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Reeves, JamesheadMW66MKYALKYMerchantDry Goods
Reeves, Ida MaywifeFW46MKYKYKY
Shemwell, LallahdaughterFW24WdKYKYKY
Shemwell, Sammiegrand daughterFW1-2mSKYKYKY