The Shemwell Family

Jasper W Nichols1891

Name
Jasper W Nichols
Given names
Jasper W
Surname
Nichols
Birth calculated 1891 46 36
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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 maternal grandfatherNathaniel Walker Holland
September 7, 1908 (Age 17 years)
Census May 5, 1910 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 25 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 26 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 27 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 fatherLemuel Aldrich Nichols
March 7, 1925 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 38 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 50 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
Death of a motherMaluva Paralee “Lulu” Holland
1946 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 59 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
Death of a sisterCallie B Nichols
March 28, 1954 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 55 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
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Marriage: calculated 1875
6 months
elder sister
Callie B Nichols
Birth: July 2, 1875 31 21Shobonier, Fayette, Illinois, United States
Death: March 28, 1954Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
6 years
elder brother
10 years
himself

Jasper W Nichols has 19 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Lemuel Aldrich Nickols - Household

F? Street South Macon, Macon, Illinois

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Nichols, Lemuel AheadMW67M235ILVAKYTeamsterOdd Jobs
Nichols, Maluva PwifeFW56M13584KYKYKY
Nichols, LemuelsonMW28SILILKYCommercial TradesmanBuilding Supplies
Nichols, Jasper WsonMW19SILILIL