Jane Barber Yates “Jennie” ShemwellAge: 83 years1851–1935
- Name
- Jane Barber Yates “Jennie” Shemwell
- Given names
- Jane Barber Yates
- Surname
- Shemwell
- Married name
- Jane Barber Yates Vickers
- Nickname
- Jennie
 Birth | December 6, 1851 55 38 |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | Dr. Luke Phillip Sr Barber May 11, 1858 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a father | Dr. Joseph Shemwell Jr. June 15, 1858 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 5 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | August 10, 1860 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 9 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 15 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 15 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 17 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 |
 Marriage | Harrison Wilson Vickers — View this family May 22, 1873 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mary Barber Vickers June 7, 1874 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Jane Shemwell “Jennie” Vickers 1876 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | George Vickers June 14, 1877 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 26 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 son #4 | Harrison Wilson Vickers Jr April 13, 1879 (Age 27 years) |
| Census | June 18, 1880 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Corrine Bruce Vickers February 1881 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Clara Elbrook Vickers October 4, 1882 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Rose Eleanor Vickers August 1888 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Barber December 4, 1890 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Dorothy Barber Vickers June 25, 1894 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Mary Barber Vickers August 20, 1895 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 46 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 |
| Marriage of a child | William Kirkwood Robinson — Jane Shemwell “Jennie” Vickers — View this family Type: Religious marriage April 18, 1900 (Age 48 years) |
| Census | June 16, 1900 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Benjamin Francis Perkins — Clara Elbrook Vickers — View this family Type: Religious marriage December 18, 1902 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Clara Vickers Elliott June 5, 1904 (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Judge Thomas Ireland Elliott — Corrine Bruce Vickers — View this family estimated 1904 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Dorothy Barber Vickers July 10, 1907 (Age 55 years) Cause: typhoid fever |
| Census | April 28, 1910 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a husband | Harrison Wilson Vickers June 5, 1911 (Age 59 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Harrison Wilson Vickers Jr — Rebecca Brown Eliason — View this family December 27, 1911 (Age 60 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Herbert Eugene Perkins — Clara Elbrook Vickers — View this family 1912 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Dorothy Barber Vickers 1915 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Harrison Wilson “Nirk” Vickers III February 1, 1916 (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Philip Medford Brooks — Rose Eleanor Vickers — View this family Type: Religious marriage February 8, 1916 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 64 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Philip Medford Brooks Jr. July 13, 1917 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 65 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 66 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/ |
| Census | January 5, 1920 (Age 68 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Sidney Thruston Manning — Jane Shemwell “Jennie” Vickers — View this family Type: Religious marriage March 20, 1920 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Corrine Bruce Vickers December 5, 1921 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Jane Vickers Brooks October 18, 1926 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 77 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 19, 1930 (Age 78 years) |
| Death of a son | George Vickers December 1, 1934 (Age 82 years) |
 Death | January 6, 1935 (Age 83 years) Cause of death: Attack of Indigestion |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Chester Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Dr. Joseph Shemwell Jr. Birth: 1796 46 34 — Maryland, United States Death: June 15, 1858 — Maryland, United States |
| mother |
Mary Barber Birth: August 30, 1813 36 31 — Maryland, United States Death: December 4, 1890 — Kent, Maryland, United States |
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Marriage: April 26, 1847 — |
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5 years herself |
Jane Barber Yates “Jennie” Shemwell Birth: December 6, 1851 55 38 — Maryland, United States Death: January 6, 1935 — Chestertown, Kent, Maryland, United States |
| Father’s family with Henrietta Briscoe |
| father |
Dr. Joseph Shemwell Jr. Birth: 1796 46 34 — Maryland, United States Death: June 15, 1858 — Maryland, United States |
| step-mother |
Henrietta Briscoe Death: |
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Marriage: December 17, 1821 — |
| Family with Harrison Wilson Vickers |
| husband |
Harrison Wilson Vickers Birth: June 24, 1845 — Maryland, United States Death: June 5, 1911 — Kent, Maryland, United States |
| herself |
Jane Barber Yates “Jennie” Shemwell Birth: December 6, 1851 55 38 — Maryland, United States Death: January 6, 1935 — Chestertown, Kent, Maryland, United States |
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Marriage: May 22, 1873 — |
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13 months daughter |
Mary Barber Vickers Birth: June 7, 1874 28 22 — Chestertown, Kent, Maryland, United States Death: August 20, 1895 — Chestertown, Kent, Maryland, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Jane Shemwell “Jennie” Vickers Birth: 1876 30 24 — Maryland, United States Death: December 15, 1951 — Glens Falls, Warren, New York, United States |
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17 months son |
George Vickers Birth: June 14, 1877 31 25 — Maryland, United States Death: December 1, 1934 — South San Francisco, San Mateo, California, United States |
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22 months son |
Harrison Wilson Vickers Jr Birth: April 13, 1879 33 27 — Chestertown, Kent, Maryland, United States Death: July 30, 1958 |
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23 months daughter |
Corrine Bruce Vickers Birth: February 1881 35 29 — Chestertown, Kent, Maryland, United States Death: December 5, 1921 — Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
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20 months daughter |
Clara Elbrook Vickers Birth: October 4, 1882 37 30 — Chestertown, Kent, Maryland, United States Death: July 18, 1976 — Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States |
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6 years daughter |
Rose Eleanor Vickers Birth: August 1888 43 36 — Maryland, United States Death: February 19, 1953 |
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6 years daughter |
Dorothy Barber Vickers Birth: June 25, 1894 49 42 — Maryland, United States Death: July 10, 1907 — Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States |
Jane Barber Yates “Jennie” Shemwell has 17 first cousins recorded
Father's family (17)
Parents William Shemwell + Ann Schultz
Parents James Shemwell + Caroline Briscoe
Parents Nicholas Travers + Mary Shemwell
Parents John Hatch Dent Posey + Elizabeth Shemwell
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Mary Barber - Household
Chapitico St. Mary's, Maryland
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Harrison Wilson Vickers - Household
High Street Chestertown, Kent, Maryland
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Harrison Wilson Vickers - Household
Cobb Ave Chestertown, Kent, Maryland
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Harrison Wilson Vickers - Household
280 Fairlee Chestertown, Kent, Maryland
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Jane Barber Yates “Jennie” Shemwell - Household
104 Front Street Chestertown, Kent, Maryland
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