The Shemwell Family

Otis HollandAge: 55 years18931949

Name
Otis Holland
Given names
Otis
Surname
Holland
Birth December 6, 1893 34 33
Birth of a sisterIna Macey Holland
July 6, 1896 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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
Census June 4, 1900 (Age 6 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherEmily Phillips
August 1, 1906 (Age 12 years)
MarriageBessie May GantView this family
1916 (Age 22 years)
Address: Gants Pond at a spring
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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 son
#1
Orby Lee Holland
January 1, 1919 (Age 25 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherGeorge Martin Holland
April 4, 1923 (Age 29 years)
Cause: dysentery tuberculosis
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 35 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
Death of a sisterCynthia Hattie Holland
December 21, 1935 (Age 42 years)
Death of a fatherJeremiah Edward “Jerry” Holland
October 28, 1937 (Age 43 years)
Death of a motherHarriet Tatum
January 4, 1942 (Age 48 years)
Death of a brotherAlexander Hillman Holland
June 3, 1942 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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
Marriage of a childOrby Lee HollandMary Lucille BaldwinView this family
June 28, 1947 (Age 53 years)
Death of a sisterFlorence Holland
November 26, 1947 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 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 August 20, 1949 (Age 55 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 6, 1877Todd, Kentucky, United States
-1 months
elder sister
Emma Holland
Birth: October 12, 1877 18 17Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 14, 1959Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder sister
Florence Holland
Birth: January 6, 1880 20 19Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 26, 1947Logan, Kentucky, United States
20 months
elder brother
Alexander Hillman Holland
Birth: August 29, 1881 22 21Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 3, 1942Logan, Kentucky, United States
12 years
himself
Otis Holland
Birth: December 6, 1893 34 33Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 20, 1949Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
-11 years
elder sister
Ettie Lisbeth Holland
Birth: February 6, 1883 23 22Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 15, 1969Logan, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder brother
William Hickmon Holland
Birth: July 9, 1885 26 25Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 16, 1969Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder sister
Cynthia Hattie Holland
Birth: June 10, 1888 29 28Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 21, 1935Logan, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder brother
George Herman Holland
Birth: April 15, 1891 32 31Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 11, 1953Ouachita, Louisiana, United States
5 years
younger sister
Ina Macey Holland
Birth: July 6, 1896 37 36Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 3, 1981Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States
Family with Bessie May Gant - View this family
himself
Otis Holland
Birth: December 6, 1893 34 33Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 20, 1949Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
wife
Bessie May Gant
Birth: May 10, 1899Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 30, 1981Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: 1916Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years
son
Orby Lee Holland
Birth: January 1, 1919 25 19Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 2, 2000Kentucky, United States

Otis Holland has 6 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Jeremiah Edward “Jerry” Holland - Household

Olmstead, Logan, Kentucky

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Holland, Jeremiah EheadWMFeb185941M24KYKYKYFarmer
Holland, HarrietwifeWFMar185941M2499KYTNTN
Holland, Alexander HsonWMAug188118MKYKYKYAt School
Holland, Ettie LdaughterWFFeb188317MKYKYKY
Holland, William HsonWMJun188514MKYKYKYAt School
Holland, Cynthia HdaughterWFJun188912MKYKYKYAt School
Holland, George HsonWMApr188811MKYKYKY
Holland, OtissonWMDec18936SKYKYKY
Holland, Ina MdaughterWFJul18954MKYKYKY