The Shemwell Family

Maria Luisa WynneAge: 76 years18451921

Name
Maria Luisa Wynne
Given names
Maria Luisa
Surname
Wynne
Married name
Maria Luisa Reinhardt
Birth about 1845 30 30
MarriageLuis F ReinhardtView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 12 months)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Death of a maternal grandfatherNicholas Travers
January 9, 1849 (Age 4 years)
Census September 25, 1850 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 16 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 22 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 22 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 24 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
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 33 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 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
Will March 8, 1901 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 71 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 72 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 73 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 16, 1921 (Age 76 years)
Burial April 1921 (Age 76 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Colon Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: February 27, 1838Washington City, District of Columbia, United States
8 years
herself
Maria Luisa Wynne
Birth: about 1845 30 30Maryland, United States
Death: April 16, 1921Havana, Cuba
Family with Luis F Reinhardt - View this family
husband
herself
Maria Luisa Wynne
Birth: about 1845 30 30Maryland, United States
Death: April 16, 1921Havana, Cuba
Marriage:

Maria Luisa Wynne has 14 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - James Wynne - Household

Baltimore, Maryland

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
James Wynnehead35MWPhysicianNY
Mary Wynnewife35FWDC
Mary El ?? Wynnedaughter5FWMD
Elizabeth Traverssister in law23FWDC
James Traversbrother in law17MWStudentDC