The Shemwell Family

Edwin Henry BradleyAge: 70 years1878–1949

Name
Edwin Henry Bradley
Given names
Edwin Henry
Surname
Bradley
Birth July 17, 1878
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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
Dorothy Christian Bradley
October 5, 1907 (Age 29 years)

Death of a daughterDorothy Christian Bradley
May 8, 1913 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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 20, 1920 (Age 41 years)
Address: US Naval Operations Base
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 51 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 4, 1930 (Age 51 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 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 67 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 May 30, 1949 (Age 70 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Golden Gate National Cemetery
Family with Eva Christian - View this family
himself
Edwin Henry Bradley
Birth: July 17, 1878 — Missouri, United States
Death: May 30, 1949 — Solano, California, United States
wife
Eva Christian
Birth: August 26, 1882 44 29 — Missouri, United States
Death: November 2, 1953 — Fresno, California, United States
daughter
Dorothy Christian Bradley
Birth: October 5, 1907 29 25
Death: May 8, 1913 — New York, United States
son
Private

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Edwin Henry Bradley - Household

Tanner's Creek, Norfolk, Virginia, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Bradley, Edwin HheadMW41MMOMOKYEnsign Second ClassUS Navy