The Shemwell Family

Ida RairdenAge: 64 years18741939

Name
Ida Rairden
Given names
Ida
Surname
Rairden
Married name
Ida Roberts
Also known as
Ida Rairder
Birth August 1874
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
MarriageJohn W RobertsView this family
March 26, 1893 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Claude Morrill Roberts
March 25, 1894 (Age 19 years)
Census 1895 (Age 20 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
Death of a husbandJohn W Roberts
before 1900 (Age 25 years)

Census June 1, 1900 (Age 25 years)
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/
Marriage of a childClaude Morrill RobertsMary Louise GulickView this family
about 1919 (Age 44 years)

Note: Marriage info at findagrave site
Birth of a grandson
#1
Robert Harold Roberts
December 29, 1928 (Age 54 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 March 10, 1939 (Age 64 years)
Family with John W Roberts - View this family
husband
herself
Ida Rairden
Birth: August 1874New York, United States
Death: March 10, 1939Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Marriage: March 26, 1893Clay, Kansas, United States
1 year
son
Claude Morrill Roberts
Birth: March 25, 1894 29 19Greene, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: February 25, 1962Macon, Illinois, United States

CensusKansas State - Census transcript - John W Roberts - Household

Clay, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Roberts, J WheadMW30INTeacher
Rairden, IdawifeFW20NY
Roberts, CharlessonMW1KS
Roberts, Jas??MW51IN
Roberts, L D??MW17IN

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Ida Sullivan - Household

Pleasant Grove, Coles, Illinois, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Roberts, IdaheadWFAug187425Wd22NYNYNYMoney LenderYesYesYesOFH
Roberts, Charles MsonWMMar18946SKSINNYAT Schoolx
Roberts, Fannie MdaughterWJNov18954SILINNY