The Shemwell Family

Lou Retta HollandAge: 53 years18711924

Name
Lou Retta Holland
Given names
Lou Retta
Surname
Holland
Married name
Lou Retta Carlisle
Birth about 1871 33 30
Birth of a brotherJames F Holland
about 1874 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 7 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a brotherKirby Smith Holland
March 9, 1879 (Age 8 years)
Census June 9, 1880 (Age 9 years)
MarriageN M CarlisleView this family
December 26, 1886 (Age 15 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJeremiah O “Jerry” Holland
June 17, 1888 (Age 17 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherAnn Shemwell
April 6, 1889 (Age 18 years)
Death of a sisterGeorgie Ann “Tillie” Holland
about 1896 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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
Death of a motherEmily Phillips
August 1, 1906 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 45 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 46 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 47 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 of a brotherKirby Smith Holland
May 5, 1919 (Age 48 years)
Death of a fatherGeorge Martin Holland
April 4, 1923 (Age 52 years)
Cause: dysentery tuberculosis
Death July 6, 1924 (Age 53 years)
Cause of death: Tuberculosis
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 15, 1858Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
11 months
elder brother
8 years
elder sister
6 years
herself
Lou Retta Holland
Birth: about 1871 33 30Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 6, 1924Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger brother
James F Holland
Birth: about 1874 36 33Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death:
5 years
younger brother
Kirby Smith Holland
Birth: March 9, 1879 41 38Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 5, 1919Logan, Kentucky, United States
Family with N M Carlisle - View this family
husband
herself
Lou Retta Holland
Birth: about 1871 33 30Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 6, 1924Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: December 26, 1886Logan, Kentucky, United States

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - George Martin Holland - Household

Gordonsville, Logan, Kentucky

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Holland, George MWM42headMFarmingKYVaVA
Holland, EmilyWF41wifeMKeeping HouseTNTNTN
Holland, Georgie AWF14daughterSKYKYTN
Holland, Lou EllenWF9daughterSKYKYTN
Holland, James FWM6sonSKYKYTN
Holland, Kirby SWM1sonSKYKYTN