The Shemwell Family

Frances Diana Dare FreelandAge: 48 years18441893

Name
Frances Diana Dare Freeland
Given names
Frances Diana Dare
Surname
Freeland
Married name
Frances Diana Dare Lyles
Birth November 9, 1844 41 37

Birth of a sisterAgnes Amelia Freeland
June 29, 1847 (Age 2 years)

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 13 months)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Death of a sisterAgnes Amelia Freeland
August 21, 1852 (Age 7 years)

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 16 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 22 years)
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 22 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Death of a motherElizabeth Crane
June 15, 1868 (Age 23 years)

Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 24 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
MarriageRichard Levin LylesView this family
February 3, 1870 (Age 25 years)

Death of a sisterSallie Eliza Christiana Freeland
December 28, 1874 (Age 30 years)
Burial of a sisterSallie Eliza Christiana Freeland
December 30, 1874 (Age 30 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Paul's Episcopal Cemetery
Note: Shemwell, Sallie [Mrs.]
Birth of a daughter
#1
Zeanette Lyles
March 1877 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 33 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a fatherWilliam Ethelbert Freeland
October 5, 1884 (Age 39 years)

Death of a sisterMaria Rebecca Freeland
September 17, 1886 (Age 41 years)

Death of a brotherGeorge Thomas Freeland
November 14, 1892 (Age 48 years)

Death March 2, 1893 (Age 48 years)

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elder sister
22 months
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
Zaenett Priscilla Freeland
Birth: March 14, 1833 29 25Maryland, United States
Death: October 23, 1903Calvert, Maryland, United States
2 years
elder brother
sister
elder sister
4 years
elder sister
2 years
herself
3 years
younger sister
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Marriage: February 3, 1870
7 years
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