The Shemwell Family

Mary E TraversAge: 24 years18591883

Name
Mary E Travers
Given names
Mary E
Surname
Travers
Married name
Mary E Baker
Birth 1859 47 28
MarriageJohn R BakerView this family
unknown

Birth of a brotherJohn H Travers
January 14, 1859
Birth of a brotherJoseph Travers
April 1860 (Age 15 months)
Census June 12, 1860 (Age 17 months)
Birth of a brotherJames W Travers
1861 (Age 2 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
Birth of a brotherCharles E Travers
1865 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherSidney Travers
1867 (Age 8 years)
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
Birth of a sisterCatherine Travers
January 1870 (Age 11 years)
Census June 29, 1870 (Age 11 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
Census June 15, 1880 (Age 21 years)
Death August 17, 1883 (Age 24 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 20, 1855District of Columbia, United States
5 years
herself
Mary E Travers
Birth: 1859 47 28District of Columbia, United States
Death: August 17, 1883Hamilton, Loudoun, Virginia, United States
brother
16 months
younger brother
21 months
younger brother
James W Travers
Birth: 1861 49 30District of Columbia, United States
Death: October 1883Maryland, United States
5 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Sidney Travers
Birth: 1867 55 36District of Columbia, United States
Death: May 5, 1901Howard, Maryland, United States
3 years
younger sister
Family with John R Baker - View this family
husband
herself
Mary E Travers
Birth: 1859 47 28District of Columbia, United States
Death: August 17, 1883Hamilton, Loudoun, Virginia, United States
Marriage:

Mary E Travers has 8 first cousins recorded

Mother's family (0)

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Elias Travers - Household

District of Columbia, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Elias Travershead45MWgrocerDC
Mary Traverswife28FWDC
Mary Traversdaughter5FWDC
John Traversson1MWDC
Joseph Traversson0MWDC

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Elias Travers - Household

Howard, Maryland, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Travers, Eliashead58MWfarmerDC
Travers, Mary Ewife40FWkeeping houseDC
Travers, Marydaughter14FWDC
Travers, Johnson10MWDC
Travers, Josephson10MWDC
Travers, Jamesson9MWDC
Travers, Charlesson5MWDC
Travers, Sidneyson3MWDC
Travers, Catherinedaughter0FWMDJan

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Elias Travers - Household

Howard, Maryland, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Travers, EliasWM68headMfarmingDCPAMD
Travers, Mary EWF48wifeMkeeping houseDCMDMD
Travers, Mary EWF24daughterSDCDCDC
Travers, John HWM21sonSfarmerDCDCDC
Travers, JosephWM20sonSfarmerDCDCDC
Travers, James WWM18sonSfarmerDCDCDC
Travers, Charles EWM15sonSfarmerDCDCDC
Travers, SidneyWM13sonSfarmerDCDCDC
Travers, KateWF9daughterSMDDCDC