Rachel DayAge: 81 years1861–1943
- Name
- Rachel Day
- Given names
- Rachel
- Surname
- Day
- Married name
- Rachel Mikeal
- Married name
- Rachel Micheal
 Birth | September 19, 1861 |
 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 5 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 5 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 7 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 16 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | John Allen Micheal — View this family about 1888 (Age 26 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Channie Belle Mikeal July 24, 1889 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | George Washington Mikeal December 1, 1890 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Dicey Louella Mikeal March 27, 1892 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Katty Micheal April 3, 1895 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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 son #5 | Martin Lyhue Mikeal December 27, 1904 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Katty Micheal March 18, 1905 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 54 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 55 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 56 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 68 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 80 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 | February 24, 1943 (Age 81 years) |
| Family with John Allen Micheal |
| husband |
John Allen Micheal Birth: August 19, 1864 24 18 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: April 10, 1951 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Rachel Day Birth: September 19, 1861 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: February 24, 1943 — Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: about 1888 — |
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19 months daughter |
Channie Belle Mikeal Birth: July 24, 1889 24 27 — Wilkes, North Carolina, United States Death: August 19, 1987 — Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States |
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16 months son |
George Washington Mikeal Birth: December 1, 1890 26 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: March 27, 1963 — Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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16 months daughter |
Dicey Louella Mikeal Birth: March 27, 1892 27 30 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: September 24, 1987 — Valdese, Burke, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Katty Micheal Birth: April 3, 1895 30 33 — North Carolina, United States Death: March 18, 1905 — North Carolina, United States |
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10 years son |
Martin Lyhue Mikeal Birth: December 27, 1904 40 43 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: April 3, 1981 — Valdese, Burke, North Carolina, United States |