The Shemwell Family

John Walker HollandAge: 80 years18501931

Name
John Walker Holland
Given names
John Walker
Surname
Holland
Birth October 25, 1850 20 17
Birth of a brotherGeorge Samuel Holland
February 13, 1852 (Age 15 months)
Birth of a sisterRebecca Elizabeth Holland
June 20, 1853 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterRoxanna Rosalie Holland
May 23, 1855 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterAlice W “Ellen” Holland
August 30, 1857 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterAlpharetta C “Alpha” Holland
March 21, 1859 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census July 9, 1860 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherHarvey “Harry” Holland
about 1863 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 10 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 16 years)
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 (Age 16 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 18 years)

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
Census June 25, 1870 (Age 19 years)
MarriageIda Van DalsonView this family
about 1871 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a sisterHattie Belle Holland
March 4, 1872 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Charles Elmer “Charlie” Holland
October 17, 1872 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Ida Nola Holland
March 3, 1875 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 27 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a wifeIda Van Dalson
before 1880 (Age 29 years)

Census June 3, 1880 (Age 29 years)
MarriageMary Elizabeth “Molly” KirbyView this family
February 18, 1883 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Maude Nora Holland
May 19, 1884 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Pearl Etta Holland
February 18, 1887 (Age 36 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJeremiah O “Jerry” Holland
June 17, 1888 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Effie Holland
March 25, 1889 (Age 38 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherAnn Shemwell
April 6, 1889 (Age 38 years)
Marriage of a childFranklin Green MeredithIda Nola HollandView this family
May 7, 1891 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Marvin Edward Holland
November 1, 1891 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Lula Pearl Meredith
September 25, 1892 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Charles Lester “Red” Meredith
July 19, 1894 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Ora Leon Holland
August 7, 1894 (Age 43 years)
Marriage of a childCharles Elmer “Charlie” HollandMary “May” OverturfView this family
Type: Civil marriage
October 17, 1894 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Opal Ruth Holland
December 29, 1895 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Mildred M “Millie” Meredith
March 7, 1896 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Ralph Meredith
March 11, 1898 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Frankie Oral Holland
March 15, 1898 (Age 47 years)
Death of a grandsonRalph Meredith
March 27, 1898 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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 daughter
#8
Ruth Opal Holland
May 23, 1900 (Age 49 years)
Census June 22, 1900 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Ira Overturf Holland
July 12, 1900 (Age 49 years)
Marriage of a childJames Emery FosterMaude Nora HollandView this family
November 10, 1901 (Age 51 years)
Death of a sisterHattie Belle Holland
September 10, 1902 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#8
Basil Kenneth Foster
July 18, 1903 (Age 52 years)
Marriage of a childJessie L Grant AbbottIda Nola HollandView this family
calculated 1903 (Age 52 years)

Birth of a grandson
#9
Cecil Earl Abbott
February 14, 1904 (Age 53 years)
Marriage of a childThomas Franklin PollardPearl Etta HollandView this family
1905 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#10
Wanetta Foster
February 15, 1906 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#11
Myrtle Marie Pollard
November 15, 1907 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#12
Harold Foster
December 17, 1907 (Age 57 years)
Death of a motherAnn Lucas Walker “Anna” Hunter
June 9, 1908 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#13
Everett Guy Abbott
September 18, 1908 (Age 57 years)
Death of a granddaughterWanetta Foster
November 14, 1908 (Age 58 years)
Census April 22, 1910 (Age 59 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Wesley Holland
December 29, 1910 (Age 60 years)
Death of a daughterIda Nola Holland
February 24, 1911 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#14
Ruby Evelyn Foster
August 23, 1912 (Age 61 years)
Marriage of a childCharles Elmer “Charlie” HollandNora Ethel BakerView this family
Type: Religious marriage
November 26, 1912 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#15
Martha M Pollard
1913 (Age 62 years)
Marriage of a childHenry SchmitzOra Leon HollandView this family
August 30, 1913 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a grandson
#16
John William “Johnnie” Holland
February 8, 1914 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a grandson
#17
Edward Dane Pollard
October 7, 1914 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#18
Infant Foster
December 23, 1916 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 65 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 granddaughterInfant Foster
January 24, 1917 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a grandson
#19
Dave Foster
November 13, 1917 (Age 67 years)
Death of a grandsonDave Foster
November 13, 1917 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 66 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 67 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 granddaughter
#20
Loretta Foster
June 26, 1919 (Age 68 years)
twin: Marietta “Mary Etta” Foster
Birth of a granddaughter
#21
Marietta “Mary Etta” Foster
June 26, 1919 (Age 68 years)
twin: Loretta Foster
Birth of a grandson
#22
Thomas L Pollard
July 6, 1919 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#23
Delores K Holland
1919 (Age 68 years)
Marriage of a childEarl May RansfordRuth Opal HollandView this family
August 11, 1919 (Age 68 years)

Census January 2, 1920 (Age 69 years)
Death of a granddaughterLula Pearl Meredith
November 13, 1922 (Age 72 years)
Birth of a grandson
#24
Leon Foster
August 28, 1923 (Age 72 years)
Death of a sisterAlpharetta C “Alpha” Holland
February 21, 1928 (Age 77 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 78 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 7, 1930 (Age 79 years)
Death of a sonCharles Elmer “Charlie” Holland
October 21, 1930 (Age 79 years)
Note: Death Certificate says parents are George Holland and Ann Hunter - Hunter is his grandmother and George(Uncle) is married with other children in 1880
Death January 13, 1931 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenwood Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: July 12, 1849Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
15 months
himself
16 months
younger brother
16 months
younger sister
23 months
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
19 months
younger sister
5 years
younger brother
9 years
younger sister
Hattie Belle Holland
Birth: March 4, 1872 41 38Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: September 10, 1902Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Family with Mary Elizabeth “Molly” Kirby - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: February 18, 1883Marion, Illinois, United States
15 months
daughter
3 years
daughter
2 years
daughter
Effie Holland
Birth: March 25, 1889 38 26Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: January 1, 1994Los Angeles, California, United States
3 years
son
Marvin Edward Holland
Birth: November 1, 1891 41 29Phelps, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: March 8, 1984Christian, Illinois, United States
3 years
daughter
Ora Leon Holland
Birth: August 7, 1894 43 31Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: January 4, 1990Farmer City, Dewitt, Illinois, United States
6 years
daughter
Ruth Opal Holland
Birth: May 23, 1900 49 37Alma, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: October 6, 1989Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Family with Ida Van Dalson - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: about 1871
22 months
son
2 years
daughter

John Walker Holland has 39 first cousins recorded

Father's family (39)

Parents Lemuel W Harris + Mary Elizabeth Holland
1Cynthia Ann Harris18411930
2Mary Ellen Harris18441926
3Taylor E Harris18481884
4Joel N Harris18491942
7Henry C Harris18531933
8Bascomb Lee Harris18591947
Parents Nathaniel Walker Holland + Sarah M “Sally” Cross
Parents Nathaniel Walker Holland + Agnes Ellen Wimpey
3Amanda Holland18501851
9Franklin H Holland18681951
Parents Allen Samuel Holland + Lucy Elizabeth Mason
7James S Holland18701917
8Samuel L Holland18731949
Parents Allen Samuel Holland + Mary Jane Neall
Parents Capt. James Harvey Hudspeth + Armelda Ann Holland
Parents George Martin Holland + Emily Phillips
3Lou Retta Holland18711924

Mother's family (0)

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Holland - Household

Logan, Kentucky

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
J W Hollandhead30MWFarmerKY
Ann L Hollandwife25FWTN
Jno W Hollandson9MWKY
Geo L Hollandson7MWKY
Rebecca E Hollanddaughter6FWKY
Roxana R Hollanddaughter4FWKY
Alice W Hollanddaughter2FWKY
Aferetta C Hollanddaughter1FWKY

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Holland - Household

Patoka, Marion, Illinois

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Holland, J Whead39MWFarmerKY
Holland, Annwife35FWKeeping HouseTN
Holland, Johnson20MWKY
Holland, Georgeson18MWKY
Holland, Rebeccadaughter17FWKY
Holland, Rosaliadaughter14FWKY
Holland, Ellendaughter12FWKY
Holland, Harryson7MWIL

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Holland - Household

Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Holland, WesleyWM50headMfarmerKYNCNC
Holland, Ann LWF45wifeMkeeping houseTNTNTN
Holland, John WM29sonSfarmerKYKYTN
Holland, HarveyWM17sonSILKYTN
Holland, Hattie BWF8daughterSILKYTN
Holland, CharlesWM6grandsonSILKYMO
Holland, NolaWF5granddaughterSILKYMO

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - John Walker Holland - Household

Foster, Marion, Illinois

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Holland, JohnheadWMOct184950M18KYKYVAFarmer
Holland, MolliewifeWFNov186336M1866VAILIL
Holland, MaudedaughterWFMay188416SMOKYVA
Holland, PearldaughterWFFeb188613SMOKYVA
Holland, EffiedaughterWFMar188911SMOKYVA
Holland, MarvinsonWMNov18909SMOKYVA
Holland, OradaughterWFAug18927SMOKYVA
Holland, RuthdaughterWFMay18991SMOKYVA

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - John Walker Holland - Household

Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Holland, JnoheadMW58M226KYKYKYlaborerodd jobs
Holland, Mary EwifeFW45M12666IAIrelandKYlaundress
Holland, MarvinsonMW18SMOKYIAlaborerfarm
Holland, OradaughterFW16SMOKYIA
Holland, RuthdaughterFW10SMariionKYIA

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas F Pollard … - Household

Assumption, Christian, Illinois, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Pollard, Thomas FheadMW49M26ILUSUSlaborerfarm
Pollard, PearlwifeFW43M19MOKYIA
Pollard, Myrtle MdaughterFW23SILILMOmachine operatorgarment factory
Pollard, Martha MdaughterFW17SILILMOmachine operatorgarment factory
Pollard, Dain EsonMW14SILILMO
Pollard, Thomas LsonMW11SILILMO
Holland, John Wfather in lawMW33M33KYKYKY
Holland, Mary Emother in lawFW66M20IAIrish Free StateKY