Martha Burrage1856–
- Name
- Martha Burrage
- Given names
- Martha
- Surname
- Burrage
 Birth | 1856 38 29 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 months)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Birth of a brother | George W Burrage 1859 (Age 3 years) |
 Census | August 15, 1860 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a father | James Burrage December 23, 1863 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 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 11 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 11 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 13 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 |
| Census | July 22, 1870 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a mother | Susan Carrick February 12, 1871 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 22 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 brother | Edward Burrage 1888 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 60 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a brother | James Monroe Burrage May 13, 1917 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 61 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 62 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 73 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 85 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 94 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 90 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 |
James Burrage Birth: 1818 40 37 Death: December 23, 1863 — Richmond, Wise, Virginia, United States |
| mother |
Susan Carrick Birth: February 26, 1826 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 12, 1871 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: 1847 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States |
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1 year elder brother |
John H Burrage Birth: 1847 29 20 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: |
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3 years elder brother |
Edward Burrage Birth: 1849 31 22 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: 1888 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Mary Burrage Birth: 1852 34 25 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: |
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3 years elder brother |
James Monroe Burrage Birth: September 12, 1854 36 28 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: May 13, 1917 — Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years herself |
Martha Burrage Birth: 1856 38 29 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: |
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4 years younger brother |
George W Burrage Birth: 1859 41 32 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - James Burrage - Household
Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Susan Carrick - Household
Morgan Twp, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
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