The Shemwell Family

Charlotte “Lottie” B HornsbyAge: 42 years18911934

Name
Charlotte “Lottie” B Hornsby
Given names
Charlotte "Lottie" B
Surname
Hornsby
Married name
Charlotte "Lottie" B Trafton
Birth October 17, 1891

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 6 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 24 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 25 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 26 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/
MarriageOron TraftonView this family
1923 (Age 31 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 37 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 May 8, 1934 (Age 42 years)
Burial May 8, 1934 (on the date of death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hopewell Cemetery
Family with Oron Trafton - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: 1923

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