Margaret WallerAge: 88 years1837–1926
- Name
- Margaret Waller
- Given names
- Margaret
- Surname
- Waller
- Married name
- Margaret Burrage
 Birth | April 29, 1837 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 8 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 |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 19 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 23 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 29 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 29 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 31 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 |
 Marriage | Edward Burrage — View this family October 19, 1871 (Age 34 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | James L Burrage 1874 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Charley W Burrage 1876 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Mary J Alice Burrage April 11, 1877 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 40 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 15, 1880 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Enoch Grant Burrage December 1, 1880 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a husband | Edward Burrage 1888 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Lela Miller November 1896 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 60 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 granddaughter #2 | Bessie Miller 1899 (Age 61 years) |
| Census | June 5, 1900 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Robert Miller 1907 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | William Miller 1909 (Age 71 years) |
| Census | April 21, 1910 (Age 72 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Edward Miller 1912 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 78 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 79 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 80 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/ |
| Census | January 9, 1920 (Age 82 years) |
 Death | March 29, 1926 (Age 88 years) Cause of death: Pneumonia; influenza |
| Family with Edward Burrage |
| husband |
Edward Burrage Birth: 1849 31 22 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: 1888 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Margaret Waller Birth: April 29, 1837 — North Carolina, United States Death: March 29, 1926 — Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: October 19, 1871 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years son |
James L Burrage Birth: 1874 25 36 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: |
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3 years son |
Charley W Burrage Birth: 1876 27 38 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: |
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15 months daughter |
Mary J Alice Burrage Birth: April 11, 1877 28 39 — Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: February 24, 1954 — Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States |
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4 years son |
Enoch Grant Burrage Birth: December 1, 1880 31 43 — Morgan, Rowan, North Carolina, United States Death: |
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Edward Burrage - Household
Morgan Twp, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Richard F Miller - Household
Morgan Twp, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Richard F Miller - Household
Gold Hill Twp, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
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