William Gilbert CassardAge: 54 years1864–1919
- Name
- William Gilbert Cassard
- Given names
- William Gilbert
- Surname
- Cassard
 Birth | July 25, 1864 |
 Occupation | Chaplain Employer: United States Navy |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 2 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 2 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 4 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 13 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Edith Virginia Dowell — View this family March 2, 1887 (Age 22 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Mary Emily Cassard February 21, 1888 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Paul Cassard July 20, 1890 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Corrine Cassard July 1893 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Edith Indiana Cassard April 1, 1898 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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 |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 35 years) |
| Census | May 12, 1910 (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Dallas Bache Wainwright Jr — Mary Emily Cassard — View this family Type: Religious marriage October 22, 1910 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Marriage of a child | Clarence Harvey Cull — Edith Indiana Cassard — View this family Type: Religious marriage October 22, 1918 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 52 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 53 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/ |
 Death | June 29, 1919 (Age 54 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Pauls Episcopal Church Cemetery |
| Family with Edith Virginia Dowell |
| himself |
William Gilbert Cassard Birth: July 25, 1864 — Maryland, United States Death: June 29, 1919 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
| wife |
Edith Virginia Dowell Birth: April 12, 1859 55 41 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: May 24, 1947 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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Marriage: March 2, 1887 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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1 year daughter |
Mary Emily Cassard Birth: February 21, 1888 23 28 — Maryland, United States Death: January 19, 1946 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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2 years son |
Paul Cassard Birth: July 20, 1890 25 31 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: October 8, 1972 |
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3 years daughter |
Corrine Cassard Birth: July 1893 28 34 — Maryland, United States Death: December 31, 1926 |
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5 years daughter |
Edith Indiana Cassard Birth: April 1, 1898 33 38 — Maryland, United States Death: January 21, 1942 |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Gilbert Cassard - Household
Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Gilbert Cassard - Household
Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
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