Mary Christianna Dowell1843–
- Name
- Mary Christianna Dowell
- Given names
- Mary Christianna
- Surname
- Dowell
- Married name
- Mary Christianna Downing
 Birth | November 3, 1843 40 |
 Birth of a brother | George Thomas Henry Dowell January 9, 1847 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a mother | Maria P Mitchell May 1, 1847 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a brother | George Thomas Henry Dowell August 9, 1847 (Age 3 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | George Washington Dowell Sr. — Rebecca D … — View this family September 21, 1848 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 2 years)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 |
| Marriage of a parent | George Washington Dowell Sr. — Mary Eliza Shemwell — View this family June 6, 1850 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Annie Schultz Dowell October 9, 1851 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | William Henry Dowell March 1, 1853 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | George Washington Dowell Jr. December 26, 1854 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Edith Virginia Dowell April 12, 1859 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 13 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | July 10, 1860 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 17 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 23 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 23 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 25 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 |
| Death of a father | George Washington Dowell Sr. March 21, 1874 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 34 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 54 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 72 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 73 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 74 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 of a brother | Sally Maria Dowell May 15, 1923 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Annie Schultz Dowell March 8, 1928 (Age 84 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 85 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 of a half-brother | George Washington Dowell Jr. August 8, 1931 (Age 87 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | William Henry Dowell 1938 (Age 94 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 98 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a half-sister | Edith Virginia Dowell May 24, 1947 (Age 103 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 106 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 102 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
George Washington Dowell Sr. Birth: September 22, 1803 33 30 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: March 21, 1874 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
| mother |
Maria P Mitchell Death: May 1, 1847 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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Marriage: October 22, 1840 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Sally Maria Dowell Birth: November 12, 1842 39 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: May 15, 1923 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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1 year himself |
Mary Christianna Dowell Birth: November 3, 1843 40 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
George Thomas Henry Dowell Birth: January 9, 1847 43 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: August 9, 1847 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
| Father’s family with Margaret Ireland |
| father |
George Washington Dowell Sr. Birth: September 22, 1803 33 30 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: March 21, 1874 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
| step-mother |
Margaret Ireland Birth: about 1812 — Maryland, United States Death: February 1844 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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Marriage: July 16, 1833 — Maryland, United States |
| Father’s family with Ann B Fowler |
| father |
George Washington Dowell Sr. Birth: September 22, 1803 33 30 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: March 21, 1874 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
| step-mother |
Ann B Fowler Death: March 18, 1838 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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Marriage: November 3, 1835 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
| Father’s family with Rebecca D … |
| father |
George Washington Dowell Sr. Birth: September 22, 1803 33 30 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: March 21, 1874 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
| step-mother |
Rebecca D … Death: June 16, 1849 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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Marriage: September 21, 1848 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
| Father’s family with Mary Eliza Shemwell |
| father |
George Washington Dowell Sr. Birth: September 22, 1803 33 30 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: March 21, 1874 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
| step-mother |
Mary Eliza Shemwell Birth: December 25, 1817 32 24 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: January 14, 1900 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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Marriage: June 6, 1850 — Maryland, United States |
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16 months half-sister |
Annie Schultz Dowell Birth: October 9, 1851 48 33 — Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: March 8, 1928 — Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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17 months half-brother |
William Henry Dowell Birth: March 1, 1853 49 35 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: 1938 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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22 months half-brother |
George Washington Dowell Jr. Birth: December 26, 1854 51 37 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: August 8, 1931 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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4 years half-sister |
Edith Virginia Dowell Birth: April 12, 1859 55 41 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: May 24, 1947 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
Mary Christianna Dowell has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Dowell Sr. - Household
Calvert, Maryland, United States
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