Elizabeth Birckhead1792–
- Name
- Elizabeth Birckhead
- Given names
- Elizabeth
- Surname
- Birckhead
- Married name
- Elizabeth Dowell
 Birth | 1792 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic between 1793 and 1798 (Age 12 months)Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793 |
| Historical Event | The Louisiana Purchase 1803 (Age 11 years)Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase |
 Marriage | Henry Dowell — View this family October 18, 1813 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | War of 1812 between 1812 and 1815 (Age 20 years)Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Sarah Eleanor Dowell about 1815 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | … Dowell about 1819 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Henry Dowell October 7, 1827 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a husband | Henry Dowell 1829 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 40 years)Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics |
| Historical Event | The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 43 years)Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution |
| Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 54 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 child | Henry Dowell — Ann Louisa Nixdorff — View this family December 11, 1852 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 65 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 69 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 75 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 75 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 77 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 86 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 son | Henry Dowell September 8, 1881 (Age 89 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 106 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 | unknown |
| Family with Henry Dowell |
| husband |
Henry Dowell Birth: 1770 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: 1829 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
| herself |
Elizabeth Birckhead Birth: 1792 Death: |
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Marriage: October 18, 1813 — |
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2 years daughter |
Sarah Eleanor Dowell Birth: about 1815 45 23 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: |
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5 years daughter |
… Dowell Birth: about 1819 49 27 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: |
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9 years son |
Henry Dowell Birth: October 7, 1827 57 35 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: September 8, 1881 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
| Henry Dowell + Ann Scrivener |
| husband |
Henry Dowell Birth: 1770 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: 1829 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Ann Scrivener Birth: about 1773 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: March 8, 1811 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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Marriage: February 9, 1796 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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10 months step-son |
Francis S Dowell Birth: November 25, 1796 26 23 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: |
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15 months step-son |
Henry Dowell Birth: March 2, 1798 28 25 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: August 26, 1822 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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16 months step-daughter |
Elizabeth S Dowell Birth: July 1, 1799 29 26 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: November 21, 1823 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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15 months step-daughter |
Mary Dowell Birth: September 1800 30 27 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: March 12, 1835 |
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18 months step-daughter |
Ann S Dowell Birth: March 6, 1802 32 29 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: |
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19 months step-son |
George Washington Dowell Sr. Birth: September 22, 1803 33 30 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: March 21, 1874 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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1 year step-son |
Richard Dowell Birth: September 1804 34 31 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: September 1804 — Calvert, Maryland, United States |
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5 months step-son |
Elijah Dowell Birth: January 20, 1805 35 32 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: |
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18 months step-son |
John S Dowell Birth: July 12, 1806 36 33 — Calvert, Maryland, United States Death: |