The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth McWhorterAge: 34 years18851920

Name
Elizabeth McWhorter
Given names
Elizabeth
Surname
McWhorter
Married name
Elizabeth Stecher
Birth July 10, 1885 30
Birth of a sisterHattie Belle McWhorter
about 1890 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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
MarriageFrancis J StecherView this family
February 10, 1915 (Age 29 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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/
Death January 29, 1920 (Age 34 years)

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Marriage:
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Elizabeth McWhorter
Birth: July 10, 1885 30Wilbur, Wayne, Nebraska, United States
Death: January 29, 1920
brother
brother
sister
younger sister
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husband
herself
Elizabeth McWhorter
Birth: July 10, 1885 30Wilbur, Wayne, Nebraska, United States
Death: January 29, 1920
Marriage: February 10, 1915