Martha P MartinAge: 68 years1865–1934
- Name
- Martha P Martin
- Given names
- Martha P
- Surname
- Martin
- Married name
- Martha P Shemwell
 Birth | November 4, 1865 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 13 months)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 (Age 13 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 3 years)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 |
 Birth of a brother | Reginald Martin about 1877 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Marvin N Martin about 1878 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 12 years)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 32 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 |
 Marriage | Wesley Shemwell — View this family about 1900 (Age 34 years) |
 Census | June 11, 1900 (Age 34 years) |
| Census | April 16, 1910 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 50 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 51 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 52 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 9, 1920 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 63 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 | May 6, 1930 (Age 64 years) |
 Death | January 7, 1934 (Age 68 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Pauls Episcopal Church Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
… Martin Birth: Maryland, United States Death: |
| herself |
Martha P Martin Birth: November 4, 1865 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: January 7, 1934 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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12 years younger brother |
Reginald Martin Birth: about 1877 — Maryland, United States Death: |
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2 years younger brother |
Marvin N Martin Birth: about 1878 — Virginia, United States Death: |
| Family with Wesley Shemwell |
| husband |
Wesley Shemwell Birth: February 27, 1866 34 23 — Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: November 11, 1934 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
| herself |
Martha P Martin Birth: November 4, 1865 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: January 7, 1934 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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Marriage: about 1900 — |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Wesley Shemwell - Household
Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Wesley Shemwell - Household
Calvert, Maryland
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Wesley Shemwell - Household
Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Wesley Shemwell - Household
Calvert, Maryland
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