The Shemwell Family

Mary Jane LambertAge: 71 years18541925

Name
Mary Jane Lambert
Given names
Mary Jane
Surname
Lambert
Married name
Mary Jane Miller
Birth March 2, 1854
MarriageIsaac C MillerView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 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 7 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 12 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 12 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 14 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 23 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a son
#1
Thomas Green Miller
July 1, 1887 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 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
Marriage of a childThomas Green MillerSophia Catherine GreeneView this family
November 10, 1905 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Hester Hattie Miller
December 2, 1906 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Sarah Lounettie Miller
November 16, 1907 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Edel Vesta Miller
November 3, 1910 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Greene Gar Miller
December 18, 1913 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Isaac Elihu Miller
December 23, 1915 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 61 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
Celo Perkins Miller
August 14, 1917 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 62 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 grandsonGreene Gar Miller
December 28, 1918 (Age 64 years)

Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 63 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 grandson
#7
Judson Buster Miller
May 4, 1920 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Sophia Miller
September 20, 1922 (Age 68 years)
Death of a granddaughterSophia Miller
October 12, 1922 (Age 68 years)
Death December 16, 1925 (Age 71 years)
Family with Isaac C Miller - View this family
husband
Isaac C Miller
Birth: December 16, 1856 26 21Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 4, 1936Watauga, North Carolina, United States
herself
Mary Jane Lambert
Birth: March 2, 1854Iredell, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 16, 1925Patterson, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
Marriage:
son

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