The Shemwell Family

Wilhelmia Caroline “Minnie” VanMollAge: 57 years18671925

Name
Wilhelmia Caroline “Minnie” VanMoll
Given names
Wilhelmia Caroline
Surname
VanMoll
Married name
Wilhelmia Caroline Miller
Nickname
Minnie
Birth May 30, 1867
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867
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
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 19 months)

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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 10 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageMichael Henry MillerView this family
February 16, 1898 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Agnes V “Alice” Miller
August 14, 1898 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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 son
#2
Son Miller
September 4, 1898 (Age 31 years)
Note: Birth Record photo notes that the infant was stillborn
Death of a sonSon Miller
September 4, 1898 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Ester Florence Miller
July 12, 1901 (Age 34 years)
Death of a daughterEster Florence Miller
March 28, 1903 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Raymond L Miller
about 1904 (Age 36 years)
Note: Birth year/place based on 1930 Census
Birth of a son
#5
Earl William Miller
January 6, 1909 (Age 41 years)
Death of a sonEarl William Miller
June 22, 1909 (Age 42 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 48 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 49 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 50 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 18, 1920 (Age 52 years)
Death May 26, 1925 (Age 57 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakwood Cemetery
Family with Michael Henry Miller - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: February 16, 1898Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, United States
6 months
daughter
Agnes V “Alice” Miller
Birth: August 14, 1898 25 31Monguagon, Michigan, United States
Death: November 15, 1944Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, United States
1 month
son
Son Miller
Birth: September 4, 1898 25 31Sanilac, Michigan, United States
Death: September 4, 1898Sanilac, Michigan, United States
3 years
daughter
Ester Florence Miller
Birth: July 12, 1901 28 34Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Death: March 28, 1903Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, United States
4 years
son
5 years
son
Earl William Miller
Birth: January 6, 1909 36 41Michigan, United States
Death: June 22, 1909Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Michael Henry Miller + Florence E Kedzie - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: about 1926Michigan, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Michael Henry Miller - Household

ED 310: 146 Poplar Street Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Miller, Henry MheadMW37M12MIMINYEnglishLaborerAlkali MillsW0YesYesRH
Miller, Wilhelmine CwifeFW42M1252MIMIMIEnglishNoneYesYes
Miller, Alice VdaughterFW11SMIMIMIEnglishNoneYesYes
Miller, Raymond LsonMW6SMIMIMINoneYes

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Michael Henry Miller - Household

ED 792: 305 Third Street Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Miller, HenryheadMW47MMIMINYYesForemanAlkali CoW
Miller, WilhelmiawifeFW52MMIGermanyGermanGermanyGermanYesNone
Miller, AlicedaughterFW21SMIGermanyGermanGermanyGermanYesTypistOfficeW
Miller, RaymondsonMW16SMIGermanyGermanGermanyGermanYesNone