The Shemwell Family

Ella B KittredgeAge: 83 years18741958

Name
Ella B Kittredge
Given names
Ella B
Surname
Kittredge
Married name
Ella B Batt
Birth August 1, 1874 39 22
Birth of a brotherWilliam Benjamin Kittredge
August 26, 1876 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 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 sisterSarah E Kittredge
May 24, 1879 (Age 4 years)
Death of a motherMary Ann Baker
January 27, 1881 (Age 6 years)
Death of a fatherDavid Page Kittredge
August 28, 1885 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Baker
July 16, 1898 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 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 42 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 43 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 sisterSarah E Kittredge
May 5, 1922 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 55 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 brotherWilliam Benjamin Kittredge
February 14, 1932 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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 sisterMary Aurelia Kittredge
October 29, 1947 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 75 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 71 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 June 18, 1958 (Age 83 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: February 3, 1867Mower, Minnesota, United States
3 years
elder sister
Mary Aurelia Kittredge
Birth: April 13, 1870 34 18Lyle, Mower, Minnesota, United States
Death: October 29, 1947Mower, Minnesota, United States
3 years
elder sister
Etta E Kittredge
Birth: May 20, 1873 37 21Austin, Mower, Minnesota, United States
Death: September 28, 1965Los Angeles, California, United States
14 months
herself
Ella B Kittredge
Birth: August 1, 1874 39 22Lyle, Mower, Minnesota, United States
Death: June 18, 1958Los Angeles, California, United States
2 years
younger brother
William Benjamin Kittredge
Birth: August 26, 1876 41 24Mower, Minnesota, United States
Death: February 14, 1932Mower, Minnesota, United States
3 years
younger sister
Sarah E Kittredge
Birth: May 24, 1879 43 27Austin, Mower, Minnesota, United States
Death: May 5, 1922Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States