Alice Virginia MitchellAge: 67 years1866–1933
- Name
- Alice Virginia Mitchell
- Given names
- Alice Virginia
- Surname
- Mitchell
- Married name
- Alice Virginia Rohrer
 Birth | June 6, 1866 38 35 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 6 months)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 6 months)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 2 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 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 4 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 11 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 14 years) |
 Marriage | William Henry Jewell Rohrer — View this family April 28, 1892 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Dorothy Sidney Rohrer February 26, 1893 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sidney Virginia Travers August 17, 1895 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | William Henry Rohrer September 28, 1895 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Robert Travers Rohrer May 11, 1896 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Frank Sheppard Rohrer October 4, 1897 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Margaret Elizabeth Rohrer May 21, 1899 (Age 32 years) |
| Census | June 5, 1900 (Age 33 years) |
| Census | April 27, 1910 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a husband | William Henry Jewell Rohrer April 2, 1914 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 49 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 granddaughter #1 | Alice Mitchell Boteler August 2, 1917 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 50 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 51 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 granddaughter #2 | Dorothy Sidney Boteler April 22, 1919 (Age 52 years) |
| Census | January 3, 1920 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | George Gittings Boteler August 26, 1921 (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Robert Travers Rohrer — Mary Worthington Pearre — View this family September 27, 1924 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Robert Travers Rohrer Jr. November 24, 1926 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a brother | Sidney Mitchell April 29, 1927 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a sister | Margaret Mary Mitchell November 26, 1927 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 63 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 63 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Ellen Sharp Bennet April 15, 1930 (Age 63 years) |
 Death | July 30, 1933 (Age 67 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 elder 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 elder 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 herself |
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 |
| Family with William Henry Jewell Rohrer |
| husband |
William Henry Jewell Rohrer Birth: December 1, 1850 — Foxhall, Pennsylvania, United States Death: April 2, 1914 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
| herself |
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 |
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Marriage: April 28, 1892 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
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10 months daughter |
Dorothy Sidney Rohrer Birth: February 26, 1893 42 26 — Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States Death: February 6, 1999 — Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States |
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3 years son |
William Henry Rohrer Birth: September 28, 1895 44 29 — Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States Death: February 23, 1945 |
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7 months son |
Robert Travers Rohrer Birth: May 11, 1896 45 29 — Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States Death: after 1958 |
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17 months son |
Frank Sheppard Rohrer Birth: October 4, 1897 46 31 — Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States Death: October 22, 1978 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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20 months daughter |
Margaret Elizabeth Rohrer Birth: May 21, 1899 48 32 — Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States Death: October 27, 1943 |
Alice Virginia 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 | 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 - William Henry Jewell Rohrer - Household
1106 14th Avenue Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Henry Jewell Rohrer - Household
Washington, District of Columbia
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Alice Virginia Mitchell - Household
1517 Washington, District of Columbia
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