The Shemwell Family

William Benjamin KittredgeAge: 55 years18761932

Name
William Benjamin Kittredge
Given names
William Benjamin
Surname
Kittredge
Birth August 26, 1876 41 24
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 16 months)

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 2 years)
Death of a motherMary Ann Baker
January 27, 1881 (Age 4 years)
Death of a fatherDavid Page Kittredge
August 28, 1885 (Age 9 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Baker
July 16, 1898 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 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 39 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 40 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 41 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 45 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 53 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 February 14, 1932 (Age 55 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
elder sister
Ella B Kittredge
Birth: August 1, 1874 39 22Lyle, Mower, Minnesota, United States
Death: June 18, 1958Los Angeles, California, United States
2 years
himself
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