Elizabeth MitchellAge: 89 years1859–1949
- Name
- Elizabeth Mitchell
- Given names
- Elizabeth
- Surname
- Mitchell
 Birth | December 1859 31 29 |
 Census | July 9, 1860 (Age 7 months) |
 Birth of a sister | Mary L Mitchell December 3, 1862 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 16 months)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 6 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 7 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 7 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 8 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 9 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 10 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 18 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 20 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sidney Virginia Travers August 17, 1895 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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 6, 1900 (Age 40 years) |
| Census | April 26, 1910 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 56 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 57 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 58 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 of a brother | Sidney Mitchell April 29, 1927 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a sister | Margaret Mary Mitchell November 26, 1927 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 69 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 1, 1930 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a sister | Alice Virginia Mitchell July 30, 1933 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary L Mitchell January 7, 1936 (Age 76 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 82 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 86 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | March 27, 1949 (Age 89 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Congressional Cemetery |
| 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 elder brother |
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 herself |
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 |
| 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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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Margaret M Mitchell - Household
P Street Washington, DC
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Margaret M Mitchell - Household
3130 P Street Washington, DC
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