The Shemwell Family

Julia Ann GreeneAge: 71 years18581930

Name
Julia Ann Greene
Given names
Julia Ann
Surname
Greene
Married name
Julia Ann Church
Birth December 23, 1858 21 24
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

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 sisterNancy C Greene
June 29, 1860 (Age 18 months)
Birth of a sisterCelia Isabella “Belle” Greene
May 1862 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Critten Greene
October 5, 1864 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 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 8 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 8 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 10 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherElihu Watson
about 1870 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherCelia Sherrill
June 30, 1876 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 19 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 paternal grandfatherDeacon Solomon Greene
December 24, 1888 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 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
Death of a fatherSmith Patrick Greene
January 11, 1915 (Age 56 years)
Death of a motherLucinda Caroline Watson
May 28, 1916 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 57 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 58 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 59 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 70 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
Death June 9, 1930 (Age 71 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1856
13 months
elder sister
Annette Greene
Birth: February 2, 1857 19 22Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 23, 1932Pine Swamp, Ashe, North Carolina, United States
23 months
herself
Julia Ann Greene
Birth: December 23, 1858 21 24Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 9, 1930Valdese, Burke, North Carolina, United States
18 months
younger sister
Nancy C Greene
Birth: June 29, 1860 23 26Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 17, 1931Pine Swamp, Ashe, North Carolina, United States
23 months
younger sister
Celia Isabella “Belle” Greene
Birth: May 1862 25 27Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 24, 1953Washington, District of Columbia, United States
2 years
younger brother
James Critten Greene
Birth: October 5, 1864 27 30Ashe, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 26, 1950New River, Watauga, North Carolina, United States