Kate MushetAge: 83 years1848–1932
- Name
- Kate Mushet
- Given names
- Kate
- Surname
- Mushet
- Married name
- Kate O'Brien
 Birth | March 1848 29 22 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: 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 |
 Death of a brother | Richard Mushet 1849 (Age 10 months) Cause: Cholera |
 Census | September 27, 1850 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Edward David Mushet June 1856 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a brother | Edward David Mushet October 1858 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mariam Jones “Milly” Whatley October 16, 1858 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 8 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | June 21, 1860 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 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 18 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 18 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Religious marriage | Emile John O'Brien — View this family December 2, 1868 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 20 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 daughter #1 | Maria Louis O'Brien December 1869 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Emile John O'Brien Jr. May 1872 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Robert Mushet O'Brien September 1873 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Maria Louis O'Brien March 28, 1877 (Age 29 years) Cause: Scarlet fever |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 29 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 1, 1880 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Ann Shemwell May 29, 1890 (Age 42 years) |
 Property | Real Property May 22, 1893 (Age 45 years)Note: Kate Mushet O'Brien (wife of Emile O'Brien) petitioned the Civil District Court for full claim to her mother's real property leaving her father, David Mushet, out. The court ruled that David Mushet was to receive half of his wife's estate and that Kate Mushet O'Brien would receive half of her mother's estate. |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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 |
| Census | June 4, 1900 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a father | David Mushet May 24, 1902 (Age 54 years) |
| Census | April 21, 1910 (Age 62 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Robert Mushet O'Brien — Edna Bohne — View this family August 23, 1910 (Age 62 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Emile John O'Brien Jr. — Lillian Thomas — View this family September 2, 1912 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a husband | Emile John O'Brien April 1, 1914 (Age 66 years) |
| Widow's Confederate Pension | Submittal of Application April 27, 1914 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Joseph Thomas O'Brien May 17, 1914 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 67 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 #2 | Stanley Jack O'Brien September 1, 1918 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 68 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 69 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 2, 1920 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 81 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 |
| Census | April 5, 1930 (Age 82 years) |
 Death | February 20, 1932 (Age 83 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
David Mushet Birth: 1819 — Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland Death: May 24, 1902 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| mother |
Mary Ann Shemwell Birth: 1826 42 37 Death: May 29, 1890 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
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Marriage: August 1846 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
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17 months elder brother |
Richard Mushet Birth: 1847 28 21 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States Death: 1849 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
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15 months herself |
Kate Mushet Birth: March 1848 29 22 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States Death: February 20, 1932 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
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8 years younger brother |
Edward David Mushet Birth: June 1856 37 30 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States Death: October 1858 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Family with Emile John O'Brien |
| husband |
Emile John O'Brien Birth: October 12, 1842 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States Death: April 1, 1914 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| herself |
Kate Mushet Birth: March 1848 29 22 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States Death: February 20, 1932 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
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Marriage: December 2, 1868 — Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
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13 months daughter |
Maria Louis O'Brien Birth: December 1869 27 21 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States Death: March 28, 1877 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
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3 years son |
Emile John O'Brien Jr. Birth: May 1872 29 24 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States Death: July 3, 1962 — Louisiana, United States |
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17 months son |
Robert Mushet O'Brien Birth: September 1873 30 25 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States Death: August 26, 1943 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
Kate Mushet has 52 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (52)
Parents Allen J “A J” Shemwell + Elizabeth Nolan Lassiter
Parents Harrison Higgs “Harry” Shemwell + Elizabeth “Lizzie” Cheek
Parents Harrison Higgs “Harry” Shemwell + Martha Sinnot
Parents Samuel Hester + Eleanor Kittrell “Ellen” Shemwell
Parents Thomas Charles Hewell + Mary Lucinda Shemwell
Parents Zachariah Thomas “Z T” Shemwell + Elizabeth “Betsey” Evans
Parents Dr. James Jackson “J J” Shemwell + Elizabeth Nolin
Parents Dr. James Jackson “J J” Shemwell + Olivia “Ollie” McCauley
Parents Joseph Daniel “Joe” Clardy + Emily Ellen Shemwell
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Mary Alice Shemwell - Household
New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - David Mushet - Household
1st Prec Ward, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - David Mushet - Household
New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana
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| Property | Kate Mushet O'Brien (wife of Emile O'Brien) petitioned the Civil District Court for full claim to her mother's real property leaving her father, David Mushet, out. The court ruled that David Mushet was to receive half of his wife's estate and that Kate Mushet O'Brien would receive half of her mother's estate. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Emile John O'Brien - Household
1025 Soniat Street New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Emile John O'Brien - Household
District 6, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Robert Mushet O'Brien - Household
New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Robert Mushet O'Brien - Household
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States
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