The Shemwell Family

Otto William CarlsonAge: 72 years18671939

Name
Otto William Carlson
Given names
Otto William
Surname
Carlson
Birth March 1867
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 22 months)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 10 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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
MarriageSarah Caroline HollandView this family
January 9, 1900 (Age 32 years)
Census June 29, 1900 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Carlson
1901 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#2
James Willard Carlson
February 25, 1902 (Age 34 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 48 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 49 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 50 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 27, 1920 (Age 52 years)
Marriage of a childFrederick Birdwell “Fred” BiggerMary CarlsonView this family
February 26, 1921 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
James Willard Bigger
December 5, 1922 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Robert Carlson Bigger
June 6, 1925 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 62 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
Census April 19, 1930 (Age 63 years)
Death April 18, 1939 (Age 72 years)
Family with Sarah Caroline Holland - View this family
himself
wife
Sarah Caroline Holland
Birth: January 9, 1870 29 28Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 9, 1966Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: January 9, 1900Benton, Arkansas, United States
2 years
daughter
14 months
son
James Willard Carlson
Birth: February 25, 1902 34 32Glascow, Valley, Montana, United States
Death:

No family available

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Otto Carlson - Household

Valley, Montana, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Carlson, OttoheadWMMar186733M5 monthsSwedenSwedenSweden188020 yearsNa
Carslon, Sarah wifeWFJan187030M0ARMOMO

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Otto William Carlson - Household

Benton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Carlson, Otto WheadMW43M10SwedenSwedenSwedenfarmer
Carlson, SalliewifeFW40M1022ARMOMO
Carlson, MarydaughterFW9SARSwedenAR
Carlson, James WsonMW8SMTSwedenAR

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Otto William Carlson - Household

Benton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Carlson, Otto WheadMW52M1882Na1888SwedenSwedenSwedenfarmerstock farm
Carlson, Sarah wifeFW58MARMOMO
Carlson, MarydaughterFW19SARSwedenAR
Carlson, James sonMW17SMTSwedenAR
Holland, Mary Emother in lawFW78WdMOTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Otto William Carlson - Household

Benton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Carlson, Otto WheadMW63M33SwedenSwedenSwedenfarmerdairy farm
Carlson, Sallie CwifeFW60M30ARMOMO
Bigger, Fred Bson in lawMW34M25ARARARfarm laborerdairy farm
Bigger, Mary CdaughterFW29M20ARSwedenAR
Bigger, James WgrandsonMW9SARARAR
Bigger, Robert CgrandsonMW4SARARAR