Sidney MitchellAge: 71 years1856–1927
- Name
- Sidney Mitchell
- Given names
- Sidney
- Surname
- Mitchell
 Birth | April 1856 28 25 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 months)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 sister | Elizabeth Mitchell December 1859 (Age 3 years) |
 Census | July 9, 1860 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary L Mitchell December 3, 1862 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 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 sister | Alice Virginia Mitchell June 6, 1866 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 10 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 10 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Death of a father | William H Mitchell July 12, 1868 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 12 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 |
| Census | June 24, 1870 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 21 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 10, 1880 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sidney Virginia Travers August 17, 1895 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 59 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 60 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 61 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/ |
 Death | April 29, 1927 (Age 71 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William H Mitchell Birth: December 15, 1827 — Brunswick, Virginia, United States Death: July 12, 1868 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
| mother |
Sidney Virginia Travers Birth: October 5, 1830 61 40 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States Death: August 17, 1895 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
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Marriage: August 9, 1848 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
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19 months elder sister |
Margaret Mary Mitchell Birth: February 28, 1850 22 19 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States Death: November 26, 1927 — Washington City, District of Columbia, United States |
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6 years himself |
Sidney Mitchell Birth: April 1856 28 25 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States Death: April 29, 1927 — Lake Sarah, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Elizabeth Mitchell Birth: December 1859 31 29 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States Death: March 27, 1949 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Mary L Mitchell Birth: December 3, 1862 34 32 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States Death: January 7, 1936 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Alice Virginia Mitchell Birth: June 6, 1866 38 35 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States Death: July 30, 1933 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
Sidney Mitchell has 10 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (10)
Parents Elias Travers + Mary E Warner
Parents James Wynne + Mary Travers
Parents James H Travers + Sophia Virginia Grayson
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - William H Mitchell - Household
Washington, DC
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Sidney Virginia Travers - Household
Georgetown, Washington, DC
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Sidney Virginia Travers - Household
West or P St WW Georgetown, Washington, DC
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