The Shemwell Family

Barbara Agnes HollandAge: 81 years18801961

Name
Barbara Agnes Holland
Given names
Barbara Agnes
Surname
Holland
Married name
Barbara Agnes Brown
Birth January 30, 1880 47 44
Census June 12, 1880 (Age 4 months)
Death of a motherLucy Elizabeth Mason
October 4, 1886 (Age 6 years)
Cause: Fever of 30 days duration
Death of a paternal grandfatherJeremiah O “Jerry” Holland
June 17, 1888 (Age 8 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherAnn Shemwell
April 6, 1889 (Age 9 years)
Death of a sisterGeorgella W “Ella” Holland
May 12, 1897 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 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 son
#1
Noel Wayne Brown
September 24, 1900 (Age 20 years)
Death of a brotherJerimiah “Jerry” Holland
July 8, 1904 (Age 24 years)
Cause: Accident in RR Yard
Birth of a daughter
#2
Lucile E Brown
April 17, 1906 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Claude Harold Brown
June 23, 1907 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#4
James Edward Brown
July 8, 1909 (Age 29 years)
Census April 25, 1910 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a brotherJames S Holland
January 8, 1917 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 36 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 37 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/
Birth of a child
#5
Brown
September 3, 1919 (Age 39 years)
Death of a childBrown
September 3, 1919 (Age 39 years)
Census January 10, 1920 (Age 39 years)
Marriage of a childDavid Arnel RutledgeLucile E BrownView this family
November 4, 1925 (Age 45 years)
Death of a sisterAnnie Elizabeth Holland
June 5, 1928 (Age 48 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 49 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 14, 1930 (Age 50 years)
Death of a half-brotherJohn Wesley Holland
April 26, 1936 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Elma Sharlene Brown
February 24, 1938 (Age 58 years)
Census April 3, 1940 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Nola Rae Brown
August 9, 1943 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a brotherSamuel L Holland
March 4, 1949 (Age 69 years)
Census April 12, 1950 (Age 70 years)
Death of a sisterMary C “Molly” Holland
July 22, 1952 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 69 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a sonNoel Wayne Brown
March 3, 1959 (Age 79 years)

Religion
Methodist
before 1961 (Age 80 years)

Death of a husbandJames Frank Brown
1961 (Age 80 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 65 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death May 17, 1961 (Age 81 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Grove Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 23, 1855Logan, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder sister
10 months
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
16 months
elder brother
4 years
elder brother
James S Holland
Birth: December 1870 37 35Kentucky, United States
Death: January 8, 1917McLean, Illinois, United States
3 years
elder brother
Samuel L Holland
Birth: November 26, 1873 40 38Vernon Hills, Lake, Illinois, United States
Death: March 4, 1949McLean, Illinois, United States
6 years
herself
Barbara Agnes Holland
Birth: January 30, 1880 47 44Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: May 17, 1961Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States
Father’s family with Mary Jane Neall - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: December 9, 1851Logan, Kentucky, United States
3 years
half-brother
Family with James Frank Brown - View this family
husband
herself
Barbara Agnes Holland
Birth: January 30, 1880 47 44Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: May 17, 1961Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States
son
6 years
daughter
Lucile E Brown
Birth: April 17, 1906 26 26Clinton, DeWitt, Illinois, United States
Death: January 30, 1990Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States
14 months
son
Claude Harold Brown
Birth: June 23, 1907 27 27Wapella, DeWitt, Illinois, United States
Death: October 10, 1995Paris, Edgar, Illinois, United States
2 years
son
James Edward Brown
Birth: July 8, 1909 29 29Clinton, Illinois, United States
Death: October 29, 1975San Bernardino, Los Angeles, California, United States
daughter
Private
child
Brown
Birth: September 3, 1919 39 39Le Roy, McLean, Illinois, United States
Death: September 3, 1919Le Roy, McLean, Illinois, United States

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Allen Samuel Holland - Household

Carrigan, Marion, Illinois

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Holland, A SWM47headMFarmerKYVANC
Holland, Lucy EWF44wifeMHouse KeepingKYKYGA
Holland, Ella WWF19daughterSHouse KeepingKYKYKY
Holland, Mollie CWF18daughterSHouse KeepingKYKYKY
Holland, Mattie EWF16daughterSHouse KeepingKYKYKY
Holland, RobertWM14sonSAt SchoolKYKYKY
Holland, JerryWM13sonSWorks on FarmILKYKY
Holland, James SWM9sonSWorks on FarmKYKYKY
Holland, SamuelWM6sonSWorks on FarmILKYKY
Holland, Barbara AWF1daughterSWorks on FarmILKYKY

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Frank Brown - Household

Harp, DeWitt, Illinois

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Brown, FrankheadMW29M110INUSUSLaborerFarm
Brown, BarbarawifeFW31M11044ILKYKY
Brown, NoelsonMW9SILINIL
Brown, LuciledaughterFW4SILINIL
Brown, ClaudsonMW2SILINIL
Brown, JamessonMW10mSILINIL

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - James Frank Brown - Household

Mill Le Roy, McLean, Illinois

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Brown, FrankheadMW69MarINJanitorSchool
Brown, BarbarawifeFW70MarIL

Note
Mrs. Barbara Brown Le Roy - The funeral of Mrs. Barbara Agnes Brown, 81, who died at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Bloomington, was to be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Stensel Funderal Home. The Rev. Harry Evans was to officiate and burial was to be in Oak Grov Cemetery. She had been ill two Weaks. Mrs. Brown was born Jan. 30, 1880 at Patoka, a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Mason Holland. She was married to Frank Brown Aug. 1, 1905, in Sabiria. Surviving are her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Lucille Rutledge, East Peoria; Mrs. Mildred Myers, Danville; two sons, Clark, Detroit, Mich.; James, Anaheim, Calif; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. One son preceded her in death. She was member of the Le Roy Methodist Church, Mothers Club and Relief Corps. Death Certificate - McLean County Illinois - informant Mrs. Mildred Myers, Danville, Illinois