The Shemwell Family

Rachel MikealAge: 78 years18631941

Name
Rachel Mikeal
Given names
Rachel
Surname
Mikeal
Married name
Rachel Golds
Birth July 15, 1863 23 17
Birth of a brotherJohn Allen Micheal
August 19, 1864 (Age 13 months)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

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 3 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 3 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterNancy Mikeal
March 15, 1868 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Solomon Mikeal
November 22, 1869 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 5 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 brotherSmith Patrick Mikeal
June 1, 1873 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterTempey Malinda Mikeal
August 14, 1878 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 14 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageGeorge Smith GoldsView this family
September 25, 1880 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a sisterMartha Clemma Mikeal
January 1882 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Mikeal
January 1882 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Boyden Lee Goulds
July 16, 1883 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Solomon Linbird Goulds
January 22, 1887 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Celia M Golds
March 10, 1890 (Age 26 years)

Birth of a son
#4
Elbert Andrew Golds
September 16, 1893 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Felix Cana Golds
February 28, 1897 (Age 33 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 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
Birth of a daughter
#6
Nancy Lane Golds
January 15, 1899 (Age 35 years)
Death of a sisterMary Mikeal
about 1900 (Age 36 years)
Marriage of a childBoyden Lee GouldsMary Malinda CarltonView this family
June 1, 1901 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Calvin Shelby Goulds
April 23, 1902 (Age 38 years)
Death of a sisterMartha Clemma Mikeal
before 1903 (Age 39 years)

Birth of a grandson
#2
Judson P Goulds
July 21, 1904 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Willard Horton Goulds
May 10, 1906 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Oscar David Golds
August 30, 1906 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Hoye Patterson Goulds
June 12, 1908 (Age 44 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMabel Malinda “Linda” Watson
August 10, 1909 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Turner Greene Goulds
July 13, 1910 (Age 46 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Riley Greene
January 13, 1915 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 52 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a grandson
#6
Alonzo Eli Golds
July 2, 1917 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Annie P Goulds
August 5, 1918 (Age 55 years)
Death of a sonFelix Cana Golds
October 7, 1918 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 53 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
Death of a sonSolomon Linbird Goulds
December 4, 1918 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 54 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/
Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Hazel Acklus Golds
January 28, 1919 (Age 55 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#9
Martha Hettie Lucinda Golds
February 24, 1919 (Age 55 years)
Death of a fatherIsaac Mikeal
between 1910 and 1920 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Felix Wright Goulds
February 6, 1921 (Age 57 years)
Death of a motherCelia Greene
December 4, 1921 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#11
James D Goulds
January 15, 1923 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a grandson
#12
Odus Phill Goulds
April 15, 1927 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#13
Cora Josephine Greene
March 20, 1928 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 66 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 brotherSmith Patrick Mikeal
April 4, 1931 (Age 67 years)
Death of a sonBoyden Lee Goulds
July 28, 1931 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#14
Savilla Faye Golds
September 15, 1931 (Age 68 years)
Death of a husbandGeorge Smith Golds
December 11, 1935 (Age 72 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#15
Dorathy Marie Golds
April 9, 1936 (Age 72 years)

Death of a granddaughterDorathy Marie Golds
January 21, 1937 (Age 73 years)

Marriage of a childFloyd Washington GreeneNancy Lane GoldsView this family
December 12, 1938 (Age 75 years)
Death of a grandsonCalvin Shelby Goulds
December 17, 1938 (Age 75 years)
Death August 20, 1941 (Age 78 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1861North Carolina, United States
3 years
herself
13 months
younger brother
4 years
younger sister
20 months
younger brother
James Solomon Mikeal
Birth: November 22, 1869 29 24Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 13, 1957Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
4 years
younger brother
5 years
younger sister
4 years
younger sister
1 month
younger sister
Mary Mikeal
Birth: January 1882 42 36North Carolina, United States
Death: about 1900Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Family with George Smith Golds - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: September 25, 1880Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
3 years
son
4 years
son
Solomon Linbird Goulds
Birth: January 22, 1887 27 23Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 4, 1918Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
3 years
daughter
Celia M Golds
Birth: March 10, 1890 31 26
Death: September 16, 1971Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
4 years
son
Elbert Andrew Golds
Birth: September 16, 1893 34 30Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 11, 1963Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
3 years
son
Felix Cana Golds
Birth: February 28, 1897 38 33
Death: October 7, 1918Richland, South Carolina, United States
23 months
daughter
8 years
son
Oscar David Golds
Birth: August 30, 1906 47 43Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 29, 1986Watauga, North Carolina, United States