The Shemwell Family

Elizabeth Snowden Ann DareAge: 84 years18621946

Name
Elizabeth Snowden Ann Dare
Given names
Elizabeth Snowden Ann
Surname
Dare
Married name
Elizabeth Snowden Ann Gore
Birth September 13, 1862 56 25
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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
Birth of a sisterPriscilla A Dare
July 1866 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 4 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 4 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a fatherRichard Snowden Dare
July 6, 1868 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterCaroline Virginia “Carrie” Dare
September 1868 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 6 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 August 18, 1870 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 15 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 9, 1880 (Age 17 years)
MarriageMillard Fillmore GoreView this family
May 15, 1894 (Age 31 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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
#1
Edna Shemwell Gore
February 13, 1899 (Age 36 years)
Census April 18, 1910 (Age 47 years)
Death of a motherCaroline Henrietta “Carrie” Shemwell
April 27, 1914 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 53 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 54 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 55 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 7, 1920 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 67 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 67 years)
Death of a sisterCaroline Virginia “Carrie” Dare
January 20, 1936 (Age 73 years)
Death of a husbandMillard Fillmore Gore
September 27, 1936 (Age 74 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 77 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 79 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 83 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 September 23, 1946 (Age 84 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 17, 1861St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
9 months
herself
Elizabeth Snowden Ann Dare
Birth: September 13, 1862 56 25Dares Landing, Calvert, Maryland, United States
Death: September 23, 1946Baltimore, Maryland, United States
4 years
younger sister
Priscilla A Dare
Birth: July 1866 60 29Maryland, United States
Death: March 14, 1955
2 years
younger sister
Caroline Virginia “Carrie” Dare
Birth: September 1868 62 31Maryland, United States
Death: January 20, 1936Guilford, Howard, Maryland, United States
Family with Millard Fillmore Gore - View this family
husband
Millard Fillmore Gore
Birth: November 4, 1858Easton, Talbot, Maryland, United States
Death: September 27, 1936Baltimore, Maryland, United States
herself
Elizabeth Snowden Ann Dare
Birth: September 13, 1862 56 25Dares Landing, Calvert, Maryland, United States
Death: September 23, 1946Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Marriage: May 15, 1894
5 years
daughter
Edna Shemwell Gore
Birth: February 13, 1899 40 36Maryland, United States
Death: February 28, 1990Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Elizabeth Snowden Ann Dare has 19 first cousins recorded

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Caroline Henrietta “Carrie” Shemwell - Household

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Dare, Caroline Hhead33FWMD
Dare,Lilliedaughter8FWMD
Dare, Carriedaughter6FWMD
Dare, Priscilladaughter4FWMD

Boarding with Follmer family

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Caroline Henrietta “Carrie” Shemwell - Household

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Dare, Carrie HWF39headWdkeeping houseMDMD
Dare, Bessie EWF17daughterSMDMDMD
Dare, Carrie VWF15daughterSMDMDMD
Dare, Priscilla AWF13daughterSMDMDMD

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Millard Fillmore Gore - Household

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Gora, Millard FheadMW51M16MDMDMDmfg agentbuilders supplies
Gora, Elizabeth SwifeFW46M1611MDMDMD
Gore, Edna SdaughterFW11SMDMDMD

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Millard Fillmore Gore - Household

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Gore, Millard FheadMW52MMDMDMDbookkeeperindustrial
Gore, Elizabeth SwifeFW48MMDMDMD
Gore, Edna SdaughterFW26SMDMDMDclerkautomobile company