Margaret M “Maggie” ReidAge: 91 years1866–1958
- Name
- Margaret M “Maggie” Reid
- Given names
- Margaret M
- Surname
- Reid
- Married name
- Margaret M Shemwell
- Nickname
- Maggie
 Birth | December 22, 1866 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 10 days)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 10 days)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 11 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Lynn Boyd Shemwell — View this family about 1882 (Age 15 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Pernie Lee Shemwell September 12, 1884 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Joseph Conrad Shemwell December 8, 1887 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Verna Belle Shemwell September 12, 1889 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Edgar Ellis Shemwell August 22, 1893 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Ruth Boyd Shemwell December 26, 1897 (Age 31 years) |
| 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 |
| Birth of a son #6 | Herbert Hobson Shemwell April 2, 1900 (Age 33 years) |
 Census | June 4, 1900 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a son | Joseph Conrad Shemwell November 19, 1904 (Age 37 years) Cause: Accidental Shooting |
| Death of a husband | Lynn Boyd Shemwell December 20, 1906 (Age 39 years) Cause: Stroke/Exposure |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 49 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | Edgar Ellis Shemwell — Edna M Edwards — View this family October 17, 1918 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 50 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 51 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 daughter | Ruth Boyd Shemwell April 15, 1919 (Age 52 years) |
| Census | January 9, 1920 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Marjorie Nell Shemwell March 16, 1921 (Age 54 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 2, 1930 (Age 63 years) |
| Census | April 23, 1940 (Age 73 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 74 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 |
| Census | April 7, 1950 (Age 83 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 83 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 79 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 | October 1, 1958 (Age 91 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Symsonia Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Joseph L Reid Death: |
| mother |
Mary S Feezor Death: |
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Marriage: — |
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| herself |
Margaret M “Maggie” Reid Birth: December 22, 1866 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 1, 1958 |
| Family with Lynn Boyd Shemwell |
| husband |
Lynn Boyd Shemwell Birth: August 6, 1859 34 21 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: December 20, 1906 — Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Margaret M “Maggie” Reid Birth: December 22, 1866 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 1, 1958 |
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Marriage: about 1882 — |
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3 years daughter |
Pernie Lee Shemwell Birth: September 12, 1884 25 17 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 1, 1970 — Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
Joseph Conrad Shemwell Birth: December 8, 1887 28 20 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 19, 1904 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months daughter |
Verna Belle Shemwell Birth: September 12, 1889 30 22 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 8, 1970 — Kentucky, United States |
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4 years son |
Edgar Ellis Shemwell Birth: August 22, 1893 34 26 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 24, 1964 |
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4 years daughter |
Ruth Boyd Shemwell Birth: December 26, 1897 38 31 — Kentucky, United States Death: April 15, 1919 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
Herbert Hobson Shemwell Birth: April 2, 1900 40 33 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: December 8, 1966 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Lynn Boyd Shemwell - Household
610 Clements St. Paducah, McCracken, Ky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Maggie M Reid - Household
274 Clements Street Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Margaret M “Maggie” Reid - Household
274 Clements Street Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Margaret M “Maggie” Reid - Household
274 Clements Street Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Margaret M “Maggie” Reid - Household
274 Clements Street Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Margaret M “Maggie” Reid - Household
Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
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